Duke Johnson (director)
Duke Johnson | |
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 Duke Johnson at the 2015 Fantastic Fest | |
| Born | March 20, 1979 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University, AFI Conservatory |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer, Producer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | Soyoung Na |
Duke Johnson is an American film director who specializes in stop-motion animation.[1] He currently serves as a director and junior partner for Dino Stamatopoulos's animation production studio Starburns Industries in Burbank, California.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Johnson was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended St. John Vianney High School. Between his second and third years at St John Vianney, he attended a summer film course at Columbia College Chicago.[4][5] He graduated from the film school at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he spent a semester studying animation in Prague.[6] After graduating, he spent three years working as a waiter in a New York restaurant before moving to Los Angeles, where he obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing from the AFI Conservatory in 2006.[5][7] At AFI, he directed his student film Marrying God, for which he won 8 awards for best student film or best short film.[8]
Career
[edit]Johnson has been nominated for Annie Awards in 2011 and 2012 for directing stop-motion episodes of shows such as Mary Shelley's Frankenhole and Community.[8][9]
In 2016, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in the 88th Academy Awards for co-directing the stop-motion comedy-drama film Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman.[10][11]
Johnson made his solo directing debut with the upcoming film The Actor, based on the 2010 novel Memory by Donald E. Westlake.[12]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Marrying God | Yes | No |
| 2017 | Moonwrapped | No | Yes |
Feature Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Anomalisa | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed with Charlie Kaufman |
| TBA | The Actor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Post-production |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Moral Orel | Yes | No | No | Episode "Help" |
| 2010 | Community | Yes | No | No | Episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" |
| 2010–2012 | Mary Shelley's Frankenhole | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also matte painter |
| 2012 | Beforel Orel: Trust | Yes | No | Yes | TV special; also animator |
| 2020 | Cosmos: Possible Worlds | Yes | No | No | Supervising animation director Episode "Vavilov" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Just an American Boy | Cinematographer | Documentary film |
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Producer of animation |
References
[edit]- ^ Rooney, David (5 September 2015). "Charlie Kaufman's 'Anomalisa': Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Team". Starburns Industries. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Tapley, Kristopher (8 September 2015). "Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson On Passion Project 'Anomalisa'". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Calvin. "Charlie Kaufman teams up with St. Louis native Duke Johnson for 'Anomalisa'". stltoday.com. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b Debruge, Peter (29 December 2015). "10 Directors to Watch: How Duke Johnson Came to Co-Direct Charlie Kaufman's 'Anomalisa'". Yahoo! Movies. yahoo.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Peterson, Deb (1 December 2010). "St. Louis' Duke Johnson is directing an NBC Christmas show". stltoday.com. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "AFI CONSERVATORY CONTINUES WINNING STREAK WITH ALUM DUKE JOHNSON'S GRAND JURY PRIZE WIN AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL" (Press release). American Film Institute. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b Duke Johnson at IMDb
- ^ Robinson, Tasha (18 January 2016). "Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson talk about the technical and emotional work behind Anomalisa". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "2016 Nominees". Oscars.org - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Nominations Announced for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2016". bafta.org. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Shooting of "The Actor" Moving to Budapest This Quarter". Budapest Reporter. November 16, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Duke Johnson at IMDb
Media related to Duke Johnson (director) at Wikimedia Commons
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