Native of Los Angeles. BA from UCLA and JD from Loyola Law Degree. Career as a marketing executive. Expert on symbolism and author of the book Battle of Symbols. Also, author of Spirit Catcher, a biography of John Coltrane which one the Small Press Award for Best Biography. Former columnist for Script Magazine and the column "Script Symbology." (See his articles from Script at ?s=john+fraim&submit=).
Former Board member of Palm Springs Writers Guild and founder of Desert Screenwriters Group, one of the fastest growing screenwriting groups in California. See the site at . Currently, President of Midnight Oil Studios at https://midnightoilstudios.org/about/.
Apart from writing a number of screenplays, John has also been working on Hollywood Safari: Navigating Screenwriting Books and Theories. (See current stage of the manuscript at .pdf)
See all the past and present writing projects of John at https://midnightoilstudios.org/writing/