Kristin Iris Johnson

Kristin Iris Johnson was born September 22, 1985 in Chicago, IL. She is a Film Producer, Screenwriter, and the VP of Development and Production at MegaMind Media owned by Tressa Azarel Smallwood. Having a lifelong gift for storytelling Kristin attended Columbia College Chicago where she studied both Film/Video and Fiction Writing before getting her BA in Fiction Writing in 2008. She and fellow writer Serena M. Lee are the creators and writers of the new supernatural TV series Wicked City (2022) starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Rhonda Morman, and Taylor Polidore set to air on AllBlk in Nov 2022. Kristin produced the feature film Trophy Wife (2022) (2022) streaming on BET+; was Associate Producer for the feature films The Available Wife (2020); Holiday Heartbreak (2020) (2020); A Rich Christmas (2021) (2021); and co-produced the BET Her Health Initiative series BET Her Presents: The Couch (2020) and BET Her Presents: The Waiting Room (2019); and more. As a writer and producer, Kristin's goal is to expand how Black people are represented in film and TV. In writing she focuses on bringing stories to screen that show Black people and People of Color with diverse backgrounds and life experiences in dynamic, enticing situations. Kristin believes that as Black writers and creators we are the wild fruit grown from the seeds of our ancestors; paving new ground, igniting change, and inspiring others through the stories we tell.