Brian D. Johnson

Brian D. Johnson is a Canadian journalist and filmmaker, best known as an entertainment reporter and film critic for Maclean's.[1]

He first joined the magazine in 1985. In early 2014, Johnson announced his retirement as a full-time staff member of the magazine,[2] although he remains an occasional freelance contributor. He has also contributed to Rolling Stone and The Globe and Mail, and has won three National Magazine Awards for his writing.[3]

He was a founding member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, and served as the organization's president from 2009 to 2018.[4]

Johnson has also published the poetry book Marzipan Lies (1974), the novel Volcano Days (1994)[1] and the non-fiction book Brave Films, Wild Nights: 25 Years of Festival Fever (2000), a history of the Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

As a filmmaker, he directed the short films Tell Me Everything (2006)[6] and Yesno (2010).[7] His first feature film as a documentarian, Al Purdy Was Here, debuted at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[8] where it finished third in the voting for the Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award.[9]

He is married to writer and broadcaster Marni Jackson.[5]

References
  1. "Return of the '70s: not very far out". Montreal Gazette, November 19, 1994.
  2. "Writing the stars: 28 years covering showbiz". Maclean's, January 25, 2014.
  3. "Saturday Night wins 10 magazine awards". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 1984.
  4. "T.O. FilmCritics Association calls for release of filmmakers; Jafar Panahi has been detained nearly two weeks". National Post, March 16, 2010.
  5. "Boogie nights: For all its star worship, Brian Johnson's take on the Toronto International Film Festival's 25-year run amounts to two decent books in one." Toronto Star, September 3, 2000.
  6. "Shorts on show". Toronto Star, September 8, 2006.
  7. "Burton Cummings attacked!: . . . and other inspired TIFF shorts". Toronto Star, September 2, 2010.
  8. "Patricia Rozema survival tale, Philippe Falardeau satire highlight TIFF's Canadian lineup". eTalk, August 5, 2015.
  9. "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-21.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.