James M. Johnston
Known for
Producing
Biography
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.
Best known work
A Ghost Story
2017
The Green Knight
2021
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
Peter Pan & Wendy
2023
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
2013
Mother Mary
2026
Listen Up Philip
2014
Never Goin' Back
2018
LOL
2006
Person to Person
2017Filmography
TBA
StrawweightDirector
2026
Mother MarySecond Unit Director, Producer
2023
Peter Pan & WendySecond Unit Director
2022
Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of LoveProducer
2021
The Green KnightProducer
2021
2020
Miss JuneteenthProducer
2019
Light from LightProducer
2018
The Old Man & the GunSecond Unit Director, Producer
2018
Never Goin' BackProducer
2017
Person to PersonProducer
2017
A Ghost StoryProducer
2017
The UnwillingProducer
2015
MelvilleDirector, Writer
2014
Listen Up PhilipProducer
2013
Ain't Them Bodies SaintsProducer, Second Unit Director
2013
Pit StopProducer
2012
Carried Awayas Celery Eater, Producer
2011
KnifeDirector, Writer
2011
PioneerProducer
2009
St. NickProducer, Assistant Director
2008
CiaoCo-Producer, Assistant Director
2008
Merrily, MerrilyDirector, Writer, Story, Producer
2008
Blood on the Highwayas Trucker Vampire
2007
The Outlaw SonProducer