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Neil Brook Johnson (born 26 July 1967) is a British film and music video producer, director, and editor best known for his long association with heavy metal band Manowar, and for directing and writing science fiction Films.


Early life


Born in Southampton, England he emigrated to Australia at the age of five. At the age of 20, Neil became the youngest (paid) director in Australia.[1]

Johnson's lengthy career includes stints as producer, director, editor, cinematographer, and production manager. Beginning his career as a camera assistant, Neil was obsessed with Science Fiction, and would spend his spare time making short films. His first 40 music videos were made for free before he started earning a living.[1]


Main career


To date, Johnson has made over 500 music videos for bands like Manowar, U2 and Rhapsody of Fire.[2] He has directed 6 feature films. His first film, Demons In My Head (1997) is reputed to be the world's first digital film.[1] His second film, To Become One (2000) was produced for exactly $2,196, as proof that you do not need money to make a successful film.[original research?] His third film, Battlespace (2003) was the shot in Arizona and boasted over 500 digital effects, which, at the time, was considered by some [who?] to be a major feat before the digital film-making explosion.

From 2005-2007, he shot an additional 20 minutes for the first 2 films, re-cut them, updated the effects, re-sized the films up to high definition and renamed the films.[1] Demons In My Head is now called Nephilim and To Become One is called Bipolar Armageddon.

In 2008, he made Humanity's End, a film about the last man in the universe being hunted down to extinction by a race of beings known as the Nephilim. In fact, all his films take place in the same universe and all contain Nephilim as characters dominating mankind. These films have won him praise as "The Chester Novell Turner of our time" for creating such a monumentous sci-fi trilogy using digital film-making techniques which he created in his spare time.[1]

In 2009/2010 he made the film Alien Armageddon. It was originally called "Battleground Los Angeles", but when 2 other films with similar titles were announced, the name was changed. The film continued the story in the Nephilim universe, tying up all the loose ends. It featured actors Claudia Wells, Virginia Hey and Marilyn Ghigliotti.[3]

2011 saw the release of Alien Dawn, a direct take on The War of the Worlds. The film was set in modern times and showed Los Angeles decimated with Martian tripods, more akin to George Pal than the original H.G. Wells version. Johnson stated in a number of interviews that he would one day do a proper version of The War of the Worlds once the rights became clear in the UK [4]

In 2012, Johnson made the film Death Machine in the UK, following the death of his best friend, Philip Burthem. He stated in an interview on the Geekscape podcast that this film was his personal favorite, born out of the pain of his loss.[5]

2012 He made the films Starship: Rising and Starship: Apocalypse. Both films were shot back to back and were shot on Johnson's own studio soundstage, Morphius Studios. The films were shot and produced in 4K resolution.[6]

In 2012 he was featured n the Discovery Channel's Television program Stalked. The episode highlighted the problems he had with a stalker, Wendy Feiner, who had stalked him since 2003. It is alleged that she made many death threats against him and when she was finally arrested, she continued the harassment in jail until the day she died of a drug overdose in September 2012.[7]


Achievements




References


  1. Workman, Grant (2011). Dairy of the Apocalypse. Los Angeles: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 5–12. ISBN 978-1461191575.
  2. Johnson, Neil (30 November 2006). "Manowar DVD". Director/Producer. IMDB. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. Workman, Grant (2011). Dairy of the Apocalypse. Los Angeles: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 70–90. ISBN 978-1461191575.
  4. Workman, Grant (2011). Dairy of the Apocalypse. Los Angeles: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 90–100. ISBN 978-1461191575.
  5. "329: Talking Sci-Fi Movies With Director Neil Johnson!". Geekscape.net. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  6. Workman, Grant (2013). Dairy of the Apocalypse. Los Angeles: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 90–98. ISBN 978-1461191575.
  7. "Stalked TV show internet". YouTube. 2012-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  8. Zicree, Marc. "Prestigious Hamptons Prize Award". Award. Marc Zicree. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  9. "Action On Film 2014 Official Award Nominated Films" (PDF). Media.wix.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  10. Weston, Del. "Action On Film Festival website" (PDF). Media.wix.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  11. IMDB Worldfest Film festival
  12. Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards
  13. Action On Film



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Нил Джонсон (англ. Neil Johnson, род. 26 июля 1967 (1967-07-26), Саутгемптон) — австралийский клипмейкер и кинорежиссёр, родившийся в Великобритании. Режиссировал клипы музыкальных групп U2, Manowar, Cradle of Filth, Cathederal, Gamma Ray, Midnight Oil, Mortification, Pain, Paradise Lost, Rhapsody of Fire, Stryper и многих других. Режиссировал DVD Wacken Open Air в 1999 и 2000 годах. С 2001 года активно сотрудничает с хэви-метал группой Manowar, режиссируя все их видеоклипы и DVD.


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