James M. Johnston

Producer, Actor, Writer, Director

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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Listen Up Philip
    Listen Up Philip2014

Known For

  • The Old Man & the Gun
    The Old Man & the Gun2018
  • A Ghost Story
    A Ghost Story2017
  • The Green Knight
    The Green Knight2021
  • Ain't Them Bodies Saints
    Ain't Them Bodies Saints2013
  • Mother Mary
    Mother Mary2026
  • Ciao
    Ciao2008
  • Pit Stop
    Pit Stop2013
  • Listen Up Philip
    Listen Up Philip2014
  • Never Goin' Back
    Never Goin' Back2018
  • Miss Juneteenth
    Miss Juneteenth2020
  • Pioneer
    Pioneer2011
  • Person to Person
    Person to Person2017
  • Light from Light
    Light from Light2019
  • Carried Away
    Carried Away2009
  • The Unwilling
    The Unwilling2016
  • Cinema Toast
    Cinema Toast1 season
  • Knife
    Knife2011
  • Sugarless Tea
    Sugarless Tea2015

Filmography

2009
Carried Away · as Celery Eater
2008
Blood on the Highway · as Trucker Vampire
2006
LOL · as Noisehead
2003
Prison-a-Go-Go! · as Radio Announcer
2002
Happy Birthday · as Porn Director

2026
Mother Mary · as Second Unit Director
2023
Peter Pan & Wendy · as Second Unit Director
2018
The Old Man & the Gun · as Second Unit Director
2013
Ain't Them Bodies Saints · as Second Unit Director
2009
St. Nick · as Assistant Director
2008
Ciao · as Assistant Director