Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945 in Washington, D. C.) is a film producer who lives and works in the United States. He first became involved in show business in 1974 working as a production assistant in television commercials. Johnson collaborated on several films with Barry Levinson (whom he met on the set of High Anxiety in 1977) including Diner, Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man, and Toys. Recently he has produced several high profile projects for Walden Media such as The Chronicles of Narnia and How to Eat Fried Worms December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... ... Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Jewish-American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. ... High Anxiety is a 1977 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. ... Diner (1982) is a film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights constitutes his series of Baltimore films. ... Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 comedy/drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Saigon (AFRS), who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they... Rain Man is a 1988 film which tells the story of a selfish yuppie who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to the autistic brother he never knew he had. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Walden Media is a film production company. ... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe poster. ... How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 film based on the childrens book of the same name. ...
He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Producers Branch). Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ...
Johnson has served on the nominating committee for about 10 years, but this is his first stint at the top of the heap.
Johnson'sproducing career has, in some ways, mirrored his affinity for foreign films, most of which, it seems, rely strongly on character-driven narratives as opposed to modern Hollywood's typical reliance on action.
Johnson's move from film scholarship to Hollywood producer may not be quite as dramatic as, say, Alain Robbe-Grillet arriving in Hollywood to pen the script for the next Die Hard sequel, but it does bode well for foreign films in America.
Years ago, I produced The Natural and people were furious that we’d changed the ending, even though the author of the book loved it, and we have a movie out this summer in the states, The Notebook, and some people are upset that we made changes to it.
Johnson: Andrew’s being very creative about some of the characters, both in the White Witch’s army and also in Peter’s army so we have all kinds of creatures and I can’t tell you offhand which ones are in the book.
Johnson: The interiors of the White Witch’s compound, it is so hard to light, the camera man, Don McAlpine, who shot Moulin Rouge, said to me: “I have no idea how to do that,” and came in over the weekend and played with fluorescent lights, and was hanging Christmas lights around the set.
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