James M. Johnston
Production · Producer · Second Unit Director · Assistant Director
Active 2002–present
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.
Filmography
Mother Mary (2026) — Second Unit Director · ProducerPeter Pan & Wendy (2023) — Second Unit DirectorOak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love (2022) — ProducerThe Green Knight (2021) — ProducerCinema Toast (2021) — WriterMiss Juneteenth (2020) — ProducerLight from Light (2019) — ProducerThe Old Man & the Gun (2018) — Second Unit Director · ProducerNever Goin' Back (2018) — ProducerA Ghost Story (2017) — ProducerPerson to Person (2017) — ProducerThe Unwilling (2017) — ProducerMelville (2015) — Director · WriterListen Up Philip (2014) — ProducerAin't Them Bodies Saints (2013) — Producer · Second Unit DirectorPit Stop (2013) — ProducerPioneer (2011) — ProducerKnife (2011) — Director · WriterSt. Nick (2009) — Assistant Director · ProducerCiao (2008) — Co-Producer · Assistant DirectorBlood on the Highway (2008) — Trucker VampireLOL (2006) — NoiseheadDeadroom (2005) — Director · Writer · ProducerWedded Bliss? (2002) — Director of Photography · Assistant Director