James M. Johnston
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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.
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Mother Mary (2026)
Producer

The Green Knight (2021)
Producer

A Ghost Story (2017)
Producer

The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Producer

The Unwilling (2017)
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
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Never Goin' Back (2018)
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Listen Up Philip (2014)
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Pit Stop (2013)
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Person to Person (2017)
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St. Nick (2009)
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Light from Light (2019)
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Miss Juneteenth (2020)
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Merrily, Merrily (2008)
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Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love (2022)
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The Outlaw Son (2007)
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Deadroom (2005)
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Pioneer (2011)
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Carried Away (2012)
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