After graduating with a degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1994, Ance turned down a career in politics to follow a passion for film production.  He started his production career with the Christian Broadcasting Network, writing and producing a two-hour television special on the history of the United States called “Victory in Spite of All Terror.”  While producing the documentary, Ance conducted original interviews with thought leaders from around the country in all walks of life, including former President Jimmy Carter, Judge Robert Bork, Chuck Colson and more than 40 others.

In 1997, Ance joined forces with Dr. Bill Bright, Founder of Campus Crusade, to co-author Red Sky in the Morning, a book and video series detailing the story of America from Christopher Columbus to modern times.  Nearly 70,000 hardbound copies of the book were distributed, including hand delivered copies to President Clinton, Members of Congress, and Governors across the country.  As of 2004, the book was still being used by a Flag Officer’s Study Group in the Pentagon.

Ance joined his father to start 45 North Communications, and has since traveled around the world working on film and video projects – from extensive shooting in Cuba, Cambodia and Vietnam to tribal villages in India and East Africa.  Like his father, Ance has a fascination with diverse cultures and political structures, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Far-East, and Africa. He has even experienced extensive survival training in the Alaskan Wilderness. John and his father were in the Pentagon working on a documentary project on the morning of September 11, 2001 when the corridor they were in was struck by hijacked American Airlines Flight 17.

Ance is an accomplished cinematographer, film/video editor and screenwriter and spends all of his efforts now building 45 North Communications.

Ance and his wife of ten years, Margo, have three children and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.