Brian Johnson

Personal Info

Know For

Crew

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-06-29 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Surrey, England, UK

Brian Johnson

Biography

Brian Johncock (born 29 June 1939) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. He changed his surname to Johnson during the 1960s. Joining the team of special effects artist Les Bowie, Johnson started his career behind the scenes for Bowie Films on productions such as On the Buses, and for Hammer Films. He is known for his special effects work on TV series including Thunderbirds (1965–66) and films including Alien (1979), for which he received the 1980 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (shared with H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling and Nick Allder). Previously, he had built miniature spacecraft mod...

Production

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

as Special Effects

1979

Alien

as Special Effects

1986

Aliens

as Special Effects

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

as Special Effects

1996

Space Truckers

as Special Effects

1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther

as Special Effects

1989

Slipstream

as Special Effects

1975

Into Infinity

as Special Effects

1985

Spies Like Us

as Special Effects

1969

Moon Zero Two

as Special Effects

1970

1984

The NeverEnding Story

as Special Effects

1970

Taste the Blood of Dracula

as Special Effects

1980

Alien Attack

as Special Effects

1982

1977

The Glitterball

as Special Effects

1962

Captain Clegg

as Special Effects Assistant

1991

1990

Caged Fury

as Stunts

1994

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1961

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

as Special Effects Assistant

1958

The Crawling Eye

as Special Effects Assistant

1957

Quatermass 2

as Special Effects Assistant

1982

Countdown to Disaster

as Special Effects

2025

Prisoners in Space

as Special Effects

1979

Alien

as Special Effects Supervisor

1989

Slipstream

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1996

Space Truckers

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1967

Quatermass and the Pit

as Special Effects Assistant

1962

The Phantom of the Opera

as Special Effects

1963

The Kiss of the Vampire

as Special Effects Assistant

1964

First Men in the Moon

as Special Effects Assistant

1978

The Medusa Touch

as Special Effects Supervisor

1981

Dragonslayer

as Special Effects

1983

The Pirates of Penzance

as Special Effects Supervisor

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