Directing
Jayson Johnson
- Place of birth
- St. Charles, Illinois, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 7
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 9
Also known as (2)
- Jay Johnson
- Jason Johnson
Biography
Jayson Johnson is an American independent filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and author based in Richmond, California, and the founder of Strike Five Films, LLC ("every no is just a strike, so keep swinging"). Born in St. Charles, Illinois, and raised in Batavia, he earned his BA in communication studies (Radio, Television, and Film concentration) and MA in communication studies from Eastern Illinois University. In the Bay Area, he worked as Creative Marketing Manager for Francis Ford Coppola's companies, where Coppola encouraged him to pursue filmmaking. Skipping film school, Johnson bought…
