Esther Elise Johnson

Esther Elise Johnson is a graduate of the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Before attending Film School, she received two BA's and two minors from California State University, Chico in Northern California. She obtained a degree in Communications with an emphasis in Media Arts with a minor in Broadcasting and a second degree in Spanish with a minor in Italian. After graduation and a long way from her Memphis roots, Johnson was accepted into the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles where she actively pursued a degree in filmmaking. While attending NYFA, Johnson wrote, produced and directed several short films including her award winning thesis film entitled "Montana", a dramatic script which Johnson intends to develop into a feature length psychological thriller. "Montana" has been well-received by audiences around the country and won just last year at Sandpoint's own Lakedance film festival. Other films, most notably, of various genres written, produced and directed by Johnson include "Mitout Skin" and "Snuff", both comedic shorts, "Lone" a short psychological thriller, "In the Rough", a dramatic short, various other independent films, multiple music videos of different genres, and local commercials. Most recently Johnson directed an elaborate trailer for the Civil War story entitled "Taps" produced by K County Productions, scheduled to be shot in Spring 2009. Since her recent arrival in Northern Idaho, Johnson has worked on multiple independent production crews in various capacities and has plans to produce some more projects of her own. She serves on the board of Sandpoint Films as Co-Chair, is a member of KNIFVES and most recently was elected Vice President of production at K County Productions.