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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.
Known For
A Ghost Story
71%
Producer
2017
The Green Knight
66%
Producer
2021
The Old Man & the Gun
64%
Second Unit Director
2018
Peter Pan & Wendy
54%
Second Unit Director
2023
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
61%
Producer
2013
Mother Mary
57%
Second Unit Director
2026
Listen Up Philip
58%
Producer
2014
Never Goin' Back
61%
Producer
2018
Mother Mary
57%
Second Unit Director
2026
Mother Mary
57%
Producer
2026
Peter Pan & Wendy
54%
Second Unit Director
2023
Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love
83%
Producer
2022
The Green Knight
66%
Producer
2021
Cinema Toast
70%
Writer
2021
Miss Juneteenth
64%
Producer
2020
Light from Light
60%
Producer
2019
The Old Man & the Gun
64%
Second Unit Director
2018
The Old Man & the Gun
64%
Producer
2018
Never Goin' Back
61%
Producer
2018
Person to Person
52%
Producer
2017
A Ghost Story
71%
Producer
2017
The Unwilling
38%
Producer
2017
Melville
10%
Director
2015
Melville
10%
Writer
2015
Listen Up Philip
58%
Producer
2014
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
61%
Producer
2013
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
61%
Second Unit Director
2013
Pit Stop
59%
Producer
2013
Carried Away
Celery Eater
2012
Carried Away
Producer
2012
Knife
55%
Writer
2011
Knife
55%
Director
2011
Pioneer
68%
Producer
2011
St. Nick
50%
Assistant Director
2009
St. Nick
50%
Producer
2009
Ciao
58%
Co-Producer
2008