Madeline Johnson

Madeline Johnson


Full Bio
pMadeline Johnson is an award-winning screenwriter and director who has written three feature and ten short scripts. Her debut short film Juneteenth was an official selection of the Prague Independent Film Festival, the Budapest Short Film Festival, and the Crown Heights Film Festival - as well as winning a Platinum Reel Award at the Nevada International Film Festival in the student competition./p
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She holds two B.A. degrees from Yale University. In 2016, she graduated from FAMU International's Academic Preparation Program in Directing./p
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Madeline is currently finishing final drafts of two feature scripts and developing an interactive web series./pbrpFind out more about her at madelinemjohnson.com./p

Professional Credits
Juneteenth (2016)
Beyond Our Mountains (2018)
DREAMingOutLoud (2018)
Industry Awards
Platinum Reel Award at the Nevada International Film Festival in student competition
Writer's Group works
Juneteenth
Screenplay (Coming of age, Drama)
Log Line:
What does it mean to be free? When a Black teen in America receives a samurai sword for his birthday, he crosses over the innocence of childhood into adult reality.
Beyond Our Mountains
Screenplay (Drama)
Log Line:
How do you heal? In a Kosovo city cracked along the river, a young Serbian-Albanian couple must decide their future when she is accepted to study where he cannot follow.
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