James M. Johnston

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James M. Johnston

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Johnston is an award-winning filmmaker from Fort Worth, TX.  He is part of the filmmaking collective Sailor Bear where he produced the films Ain't Them Bodies Saints and Listen Up Philip. Johnston also directed the short films Knife, Receive Bacon, and Merrily, Merrily.

Acting

2012

Carried Away

as Celery Eater

2008

Blood on the Highway

as Trucker Vampire

2006

LOL

as Noisehead

Production

2012

Carried Away

as Producer

2018

The Old Man & the Gun

as Second Unit Director

2014

Listen Up Philip

as Producer

2013

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

as Second Unit Director

2009

St. Nick

as Assistant Director

2005

Deadroom

as Director

2002

Wedded Bliss?

as Director of Photography

2005

Deadroom

as Writer

2013

Pit Stop

as Producer

2005

Deadroom

as Producer

2002

Wedded Bliss?

as Assistant Director

2008

Ciao

as Co-Producer

2008

Ciao

as Assistant Director

2009

St. Nick

as Producer

2015

Melville

as Director

2015

Melville

as Writer

2011

Knife

as Director

2011

Knife

as Writer

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Strawweight

as Director

2017

A Ghost Story

as Producer

2017

Person to Person

as Producer

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Mother Mary

as Producer

2023

Peter Pan & Wendy

as Second Unit Director

2017

The Unwilling

as Producer

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Mother Mary

as Second Unit Director

2018

Never Goin' Back

as Producer

2018

2007

The Outlaw Son

as Producer

2019

Light from Light

as Producer

2021

The Green Knight

as Producer

2020

Miss Juneteenth

as Producer

2011

Pioneer

as Producer

2008

Merrily, Merrily

as Director

2008

2008

2008

Merrily, Merrily

as Producer

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