James M. Johnston

略歴

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.

参加作品

ピーター・パン&ウェンディ
Second Unit Director
全寮制の学校へ行きたくない少女ウェンディ・ダーリングは、大人になることを拒む少年ピーター・パンと出会う。兄弟たちや小さな妖精ティンカー・ベルとともに、ウェンディはピーターに導かれ、魔法の世界ネバーランドへと旅立つ。そこで彼女は、邪悪な海賊フック船長に立ち向かい、人生を永遠に変えるような胸踊る冒険へと乗り出す。
Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love
Producer
Two entities exchange their knowledge in unconventional ways.
グリーン・ナイト
Producer
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
Miss Juneteenth
Producer
Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.
Light from Light
Producer
Shelia, a single mom and sometime paranormal investigator, is enlisted to investigate a possible “haunting” at a widower’s farmhouse in East Tennessee.
さらば愛しきアウトロー
Second Unit Director
1980年代初頭からアメリカ各地で多発した銀行強盗事件の犯人であるフォレスト・タッカーは、15歳で初めて投獄されて以来、逮捕、脱獄を繰り返していた。彼は発砲もしなければ暴力も振るわないという風変わりなスタイルを貫き、粗暴な強盗のイメージとはほど遠い礼儀正しい老人だった。
さらば愛しきアウトロー
Producer
1980年代初頭からアメリカ各地で多発した銀行強盗事件の犯人であるフォレスト・タッカーは、15歳で初めて投獄されて以来、逮捕、脱獄を繰り返していた。彼は発砲もしなければ暴力も振るわないという風変わりなスタイルを貫き、粗暴な強盗のイメージとはほど遠い礼儀正しい老人だった。
Never Goin' Back
Producer
Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all their money in a drug scam, the girls—blissfully stoned—go to increasingly daring and absurd lengths to get it back.
Person to Person
Producer
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
A GHOST STORY ア・ゴースト・ストーリー
Producer
突然の交通事故で命を落とした夫は幽霊となって思いを残す我が家へ戻り、人知れず妻を見守り続ける。やがて悲しみの癒えた妻が家を去った後も、彼は家に残り彼女との思い出を探し続ける。さらに時が過ぎ、新しい家族が越してきては去り、すっかり古びてしまった家が壊されて無くなってもなお。
The Unwilling
Producer
After the death of a much despised patriarch, a mysterious box shows up during the reading of the will, forcing the family to reckon with each of their own deadly sins.
Melville
Writer
Marcus is dealing with some serious shit but he can't seem to talk to anyone about it.
Melville
Director
Marcus is dealing with some serious shit but he can't seem to talk to anyone about it.
Listen Up Philip
Producer
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Second Unit Director
Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Producer
Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
Pit Stop
Producer
Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama.
Carried Away
Celery Eater
Ed Franklin, a young man pursuing his dreams in Hollywood, returns home to Fort Worth, Texas at Christmas time to find his family in turmoil. His parents' marriage is crumbling and his relationship with his two brothers is rocky at best. The discovery that his beloved Granny has been placed in a nursing home after a stroke left her mentally disabled pushes Ed over the edge. He decides to come to his unhappy Granny's rescue, abducting her from the home against his family's orders. Ed's father Rex and brothers, Steve and Davy, set out after Ed and Granny, and a cross-country pursuit begins.
Carried Away
Producer
Ed Franklin, a young man pursuing his dreams in Hollywood, returns home to Fort Worth, Texas at Christmas time to find his family in turmoil. His parents' marriage is crumbling and his relationship with his two brothers is rocky at best. The discovery that his beloved Granny has been placed in a nursing home after a stroke left her mentally disabled pushes Ed over the edge. He decides to come to his unhappy Granny's rescue, abducting her from the home against his family's orders. Ed's father Rex and brothers, Steve and Davy, set out after Ed and Granny, and a cross-country pursuit begins.
Knife
Writer
Set in rural Texas the story chronicles an unnamed man with a broken spirit. In the beginning we see him returning to his family. Where he’s been is unknown. Wherever it was – prison, maybe war – the years have not been kind to him. In spite of his family’s warm welcome the man can’t shake an anger that builds in him so he must leave them again. This time to return to the land that was once theirs, a land that had been in the family for generations, a land that has been stolen, plundered, and sewn with seeds of greed. There’s a force at work, a corruption that destroys homes, nature, families, and memories. The Man decides to lay his stakes down and pits himself against it all. He is on a ruinous mission to sate the hatred in his heart with the knife he carries in his hand.
Knife
Director
Set in rural Texas the story chronicles an unnamed man with a broken spirit. In the beginning we see him returning to his family. Where he’s been is unknown. Wherever it was – prison, maybe war – the years have not been kind to him. In spite of his family’s warm welcome the man can’t shake an anger that builds in him so he must leave them again. This time to return to the land that was once theirs, a land that had been in the family for generations, a land that has been stolen, plundered, and sewn with seeds of greed. There’s a force at work, a corruption that destroys homes, nature, families, and memories. The Man decides to lay his stakes down and pits himself against it all. He is on a ruinous mission to sate the hatred in his heart with the knife he carries in his hand.
Pioneer
Producer
A father tells his little boy the most epic bedtime story ever.
St. Nick
Assistant Director
St. Nick is the story of a brother and sister on the run. They've left their home for some unknown reason and are living in the woods, hiding in barns and sheds, doing what they can to survive. As the bitter Texas winter sets in, they strike up residence in an abandoned country house and, for a brief, happy period, manage to escape the harsh realities of their circumstances.
St. Nick
Producer
St. Nick is the story of a brother and sister on the run. They've left their home for some unknown reason and are living in the woods, hiding in barns and sheds, doing what they can to survive. As the bitter Texas winter sets in, they strike up residence in an abandoned country house and, for a brief, happy period, manage to escape the harsh realities of their circumstances.
Ciao
Assistant Director
A man learns that his late friend had a secret online lover who is on the way from Italy.
Ciao
Co-Producer
A man learns that his late friend had a secret online lover who is on the way from Italy.
Blood on the Highway
Trucker Vampire
On their way to a rock concert, Carrie, her boyfriend Sam, and Bone, her thug ex-boyfriend, get lost and wind up in Fate, Texas – a town populated by bloodthirsty, dimwitted vampires. Featuring genre favorites Nicholas Brendon and Tom Towles.
The Outlaw Son
Producer
A young man calls an old friend to pick him up from the airport. She does so, and they spend a long cold night in each other's company; driving around, listening to music, and trying hard not to grow up.
Deadroom
Producer
Four encounters, each confined to a single room: a man helps a young woman remember her past; a husband and wife confront each other about their infidelities; a journalist interviews a famous author about the mysteries hidden in his novel; and a secretary visits her former employer to tell him how much she's always loved him. Each of these conversations could happen any day, every day – except that the young woman has been raped and murdered, the husband has died in a terrible automobile accident, the employer has perished in a fire, and the novelist has passed away from old age. The four intertwined stories weave a tale that is shocking, humorous, tragic and uplifting, in which secrets are shared, truths are revealed, and each of the eight characters comes to an understanding they could not have gained without the touch of death.
Deadroom
Writer
Four encounters, each confined to a single room: a man helps a young woman remember her past; a husband and wife confront each other about their infidelities; a journalist interviews a famous author about the mysteries hidden in his novel; and a secretary visits her former employer to tell him how much she's always loved him. Each of these conversations could happen any day, every day – except that the young woman has been raped and murdered, the husband has died in a terrible automobile accident, the employer has perished in a fire, and the novelist has passed away from old age. The four intertwined stories weave a tale that is shocking, humorous, tragic and uplifting, in which secrets are shared, truths are revealed, and each of the eight characters comes to an understanding they could not have gained without the touch of death.
Deadroom
Director
Four encounters, each confined to a single room: a man helps a young woman remember her past; a husband and wife confront each other about their infidelities; a journalist interviews a famous author about the mysteries hidden in his novel; and a secretary visits her former employer to tell him how much she's always loved him. Each of these conversations could happen any day, every day – except that the young woman has been raped and murdered, the husband has died in a terrible automobile accident, the employer has perished in a fire, and the novelist has passed away from old age. The four intertwined stories weave a tale that is shocking, humorous, tragic and uplifting, in which secrets are shared, truths are revealed, and each of the eight characters comes to an understanding they could not have gained without the touch of death.
Wedded Bliss?
Assistant Director
In this moving, introspective drama, newlyweds Raj (Devashish Saxena) and Niki (Renu Saxena) approach married life with all the hopes and expectations of most couples. But reality soon rears its head as miscommunication and numerous misunderstandings complicate matters during the traditional period of adjustment. The film's supporting cast includes Anu Gandhi, Zia Khan, Julie Arebalo and Harout Yerganian.
Wedded Bliss?
Director of Photography
In this moving, introspective drama, newlyweds Raj (Devashish Saxena) and Niki (Renu Saxena) approach married life with all the hopes and expectations of most couples. But reality soon rears its head as miscommunication and numerous misunderstandings complicate matters during the traditional period of adjustment. The film's supporting cast includes Anu Gandhi, Zia Khan, Julie Arebalo and Harout Yerganian.