Bruce D. Johnson

Bruce Johnson is a multiple Emmy award-winning writer, producer and director. He has developed, sold and produced movies and series for several major distributors including Universal, Fox, Disney, Son ...Show More

Bruce Johnson is a multiple Emmy award-winning writer, producer and director. He has developed, sold and produced movies and series for several major distributors including Universal, Fox, Disney, Sony, Hallmark Channel, Showtime, HBO, NBC, ABC, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Lifetime, Animal Planet, Cartoon Network, PBS, Discovery Channel, History Channel, BBC, CBC and others.He was the founder of PorchLight Entertainment, a company he built into a premiere producer and distributor of family entertainment. In 2011, Johnson formed Foxfield Entertainment, an independent production company focused on script development, financing and producing independent movies and series.He began his Hollywood career directing over 75 documentaries and educational films, for which he was honored with numerous awards including three L.A. Area Emmy Awards. As a senior creative executive at Hanna-Barbera and later as an independent producer, he has developed and produced over 50 movies and well over 1200 episodes of animated and live action programming.A native of Minneapolis, Johnson is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. In addition, he holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, with studies in film, English and education. Hide