John Skoog graduated from the Art Academy in Frankfurt. His films have been shown at numerous film festivals and art museums in Sweden and internationally, such as the Berlin International Film Festival, Moderna Museet and Index Contemporary Art Foundation in Stockholm, Museum of the Moving Image & PS1 MOMA in New York, IDFA, London Film Festival, True/False, Modern Museum in Wien and the Modern Museum in Frankfurt am Main. His short films have won both Startsladden and 1km film awards, the two main prizes for short films in Sweden, as well as several prizes in the art world and at international film festivals.