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Jayson Johnson
Director & actor · St. Charles, Illinois, USA
Jayson Johnson is an American independent filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and author based in Richmond, California, and the founder of Strike Five Films, LLC ("every no is just a strike, so keep swinging").
Born in St. Charles, Illinois, and raised in Batavia, he earned his BA in communication studies (Radio, Television, and Film concentration) and MA in communication studies from Eastern Illinois University. In the Bay Area, he worked as Creative Marketing Manager for Francis Ford Coppola's companies, where Coppola encouraged him to pursue filmmaking. Skipping film school, Johnson bought a $35 camera on eBay and taught himself production and editing on his comedy web series The Jayson Johnson Show (2008) while working on Bay Area sets as a location PA (Blindspotting, 2018) and camera PA (Sorry to Bother You, 2018; La Mission, 2009).
Where to start: Sorry to Bother You (2018).
As director 9
As actor 7
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Jayson Johnson movie?
By viewer score, Sorry to Bother You (2018) at 6.8/10.
What are Jayson Johnson’s most popular movies?
Sorry to Bother You.
How many movies has Jayson Johnson made?
16 films on TMDB, 9 as director, 7 as actor.