Mark Steven Johnson
{{short description|American filmmaker}}
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| name = Mark Steven Johnson
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Hastings, Minnesota, U.S.
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer
| yearsactive = 1993–present
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Mark Steven Johnson (born October 30, 1964){{Cite web |title=Mark Steven Johnson Bio |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/mark-steven-johnson/2126/ |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |publisher=Tribute Entertainment Media Group}} is an American filmmaker.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E5DE1F3EF932A2575AC0A96E958260|title=FILM REVIEW; Tiny Boy With an Enormously Consuming Quest|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=September 11, 1998}}
Life and career
Johnson began his career writing the Warner Bros. films Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men. Johnson wrote and directed two comic book based films, Daredevil and Ghost Rider,{{Cite web |date=May 27, 2005 |title=On-Set Interview: Mark Steven Johnson |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/620/620262p1.html |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |publisher=IGN}} as well as the film Simon Birch. Johnson also wrote the story for the film Christopher Robin and directed the Netflix film Love, Guaranteed. Most recently Johnson wrote and directed Love in the Villa also for Netflix.
Filmography
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! rowspan="2" width="33"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Film ! colspan="3"|Credited as |
| width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer ! width=65 | Producer |
|---|
| 1993
| align="left" | Grumpy Old Men | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 1995
| align="left" | Grumpier Old Men | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 1996
| align="left" | Big Bully | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| align="left" | Simon Birch | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| align="left" | Jack Frost
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2003
| align="left" | Daredevil | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2007
| align="left" | Ghost Rider | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2010
| align="left" | When in Rome | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| rowspan=2| 2013
| align="left" |Killing Season | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| align="left" |Grudge Match
|{{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
| 2018
| align="left" | Christopher Robin | {{no}} | {{partial|Story}} | {{no}} |
| 2019
| align="left" | Finding Steve McQueen | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2020
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2022
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Executive producer
- Elektra (2005)
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
- Finding Steve McQueen (2019)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0425756}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061206013557/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/mark_steven_johnson/ Mark Steven Johnson] at Rotten Tomatoes
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Category:American male screenwriters
Category:California State University, Long Beach alumni
Category:People from Hastings, Minnesota
Category:Film directors from Minnesota
Category:Film producers from Minnesota
Category:Screenwriters from Minnesota
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