Production

James M. Johnston

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.

Credits

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Mother Mary
Second Unit Director
2026
Mother Mary
Producer
2026
Peter Pan & Wendy
Second Unit Director
2023
Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love
Producer
2022
The Green Knight
Producer
2021
Cinema Toast
Writer
2021
Miss Juneteenth
Producer
2020
Light from Light
Producer
2019
The Old Man & the Gun
Second Unit Director
2018
The Old Man & the Gun
Producer
2018
Never Goin' Back
Producer
2018
Person to Person
Producer
2017
A Ghost Story
Producer
2017
The Unwilling
Producer
2017
Melville
Director
2015
Melville
Writer
2015
Listen Up Philip
Producer
2014
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Producer
2013
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Second Unit Director
2013
Pit Stop
Producer
2013
Carried Away
as Celery Eater
2012
Carried Away
Producer
2012
Knife
Writer
2011
Knife
Director
2011
Pioneer
Producer
2011
St. Nick
Producer
2009
St. Nick
Assistant Director
2009
Ciao
Co-Producer
2008
Ciao
Assistant Director
2008
Merrily, Merrily
Director
2008
Merrily, Merrily
Writer
2008
Merrily, Merrily
Story
2008
Merrily, Merrily
Producer
2008
Blood on the Highway
as Trucker Vampire
2008
The Outlaw Son
Producer
2007
LOL
as Noisehead
2006
Deadroom
Writer
2005
Deadroom
Producer
2005
Deadroom
Director
2005
Wedded Bliss?
Assistant Director
2002
Wedded Bliss?
Director of Photography
2002
Strawweight
Director
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