Film, comedy, international travel, road trips, graphic design, history, philosophy, literature - you name it, I will pretend to know a lot about it.
Music
U2, Jay Z, John Mayall, Joe Tex, Sam Cooke, D'Angelo, Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Boss, The Beastie Boys, The Stones, The Police, The Knife, The Decemberists, Buddy Holly, Flaming Lips, Jeff Buckley, Neko Case, Postal Service, Prince, and some crappy singles from my childhood and adolescence from forgotten places like Urban Dance Squad, Ini Kamoze, Gravity Kills and DJ Kool
Movies
Seven Samurai, Badlands, Some Like It Hot, Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind, Brazil, The New World, Ikiru, The Matrix, Raising Arizona, Ghostbusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Player, Dead Man, The Conversation, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Fight Club, Blade Runner
Television
Sports Night, Lost, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Books
Plato's Republic, The Power Broker, The Corrections, His Dark Materials, The Hobbit, The Information, Hero With A Thousand Faces
Heroes
Leonardo DaVinci, Thomas Jefferson, Socrates, Charles Darwin, Chauncey Butler, Billy Wilder, Mike Nichols, George Lucas, Terrence Malick
University Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: International Relations & Japanese Studies
Clubs: The Mask & Wig Club
Greek:
Phi Kappa Sigma
1995 to 1999
Haverford School
Haverford, PA
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
About me: I'm a filmmaker. And a comedian. And I do graphic design. And read stuff. And pay attention to politics. And bring sexy back. Check out my website, www.mcjohnsonfilms.com.
What She's Having, a pilot I directed, went to the 2007 New York Television Festival! Here's the trailer:
Here's a little video I whipped up around the Democratic Primary:
Here's something I shot last year in LA:
I've been part of a sketch group called The Royal We since 2002. Last year we shot a television pilot for TV Land. Before that we shot some other sketches, and did a lot of live shows, and along the way I designed our website and logos and directed and edited a bunch of our videos.
You can check our online video content out at The Royal We's website, www.theroyalwe.org.
Also check out Outsource a Friend. If it doesn't make your xenophobic conservative friends change their stance on immigration, well, at least it will give you a way to avoid them.
Matt Johnson --
[noun]:
A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever
Hey! Is this really your first comment for 2008? Wow! Anyway...don't really go on the roof anymore cause Lauren moved into her new place. How you been?
