James Johnston

JAMES M. JOHNSTON is an award-winning filmmaker from Fort Worth, TX.  He is part of the filmmaking collective known as Sailor Bear where he produced the films AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS, LISTEN UP PHILIP, PERSON TO PERSON, A GHOST STORY and the upcoming OLD MAN AND THE GUN starring Robert Redford, Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek.   He was a 2011 Creative Producing Fellow at the Sundance Institute, named to Variety’s 10 Producer’s To Watch in 2012, and won an Indie Spirit Award for producing in 2013. Johnston is a writer/director in his own right and his short films including KNIFE, RECEIVE BACON, and MERRILY, MERRILY have played to great acclaim at festivals around the world.  His short film MELVILLE won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Dallas International Film Festival, is a Vimeo Staff Pick and named one of the best American short films for 2015 by IndieWire.  His last two short films WELL SPOKEN and MOTHER'S DAY were also Vimeo Staff Picks and garnered over half-a-million views. Twitter/Instagram @jmjfilm

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