John Driftmier

John Driftmier (November 24, 1982 – February 24, 2013) was a Canadian documentary director. His works included Dangerous Flights, Licence to Drill, and Ice Pilots NWT.

Early life Driftmier was born in 1982 in Calgary, Alberta to parents David Driftmier and Sophia Lang. He graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2007. While studying film at SFU, Driftmier produced and directed the film The Story of a Lifetime, both a tribute to and using footage shot by his grandfather, Frederick, who as a teacher in 1941 had shot amateur films in Sudan.

Career Driftmier worked in more than 30 countries. He shot a company of northern Canadian pilots in the television series Ice Pilots NWT. In Highway Thru Hell, he documented the stories of a towing company involved in salvage operations in the British Columbia interior in extreme weather conditions. He co-created Pyros, a TV documentary series looking at people who create firework displays.