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Patrick Read Johnson (born May 7, 1962) is an American filmmaker, special effects artist and screenwriter. Born in Wadsworth, Illinois, he is best known for his directorial work on the films Spaced Invaders, Angus, Baby's Day Out, The Genesis Code and 5-25-77.
Three months before Star Wars: A New Hope opened in 1977, Patrick Read Johnson, then a teenager from Illinois, got to see a working print at the Lucasfilm effects house Industrial Light and...
Patrick Read Johnson was born in Wadsworth, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for 5-25-77 (2008), DragonHeart (1996) and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
Sep 28, 2022 · In the spring of 1977, a teenager and aspiring filmmaker named Patrick Read Johnson found himself standing in front of Steven Spielberg. It was an unlikely encounter. Johnson, then 15, was from...
May 5, 2023 · Patrick Read Johnson has a claim to fame which thousands envy. He was the first person, beyond those who made it, ever to see the original Star Wars. The story of how that came about is the lynchpin of his semi-autobiographical new film, 5-25-77, which also explores the way he fell in love with filmmaking and finally moved beyond amateur ...
Feb 11, 2013 · He created the cult comedy favourite Spaced Invaders, directed the John Hughes penned baby vs. kidnappers opus Baby’s Day Out, and was the director of the underrated 90s teen comedy Angus. He was able to make friends and work with many of his childhood idols, even if his career wasn’t as successful.
Patrick Read Johnson was born in Wadsworth, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for 5-25-77 (2008), DragonHeart (1996) and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
Jan 31, 2023 · Patrick Read Johnson has been making his Star Wars homage, 5-25-77, for 18 years. Well, longer than that, if you start counting in 1999 when he first started writing the script. It’s an autobiographical story about how Johnson started in a small town in Illinois and made a life in Hollywood.
Jul 12, 2017 · Growing up in the small town of Wadsworth, Illinois, Patrick Read Johnson was enthralled, some might say obsessed, with making movies. As a teenager in the 1970s, movies like “2001: A Space...
Patrick Read Johnson is an American film director, producer, and writer.
