Mark Johnston
San Francisco, California, United States
Mobile: +1.949.887.4358
Email: markjohnston5446@mac.com
Summary
Versatile and highly adaptable Senior / Executive level producer who is known for tackling a full range of near-impossible production challenges with a proven track record of creative development in complex and cross-functional multicultural environments. Mark has a real passion for the work and always strives to do what he can to help each project realize its full potential. Big budget or big challenge, domestic or around the globe… Mark does it all with calm collection and inventive problem solving. Avail for job opportunities locally in SF, LA, NYC and working remote.
20 years in house, agency, and independent production experience at Airbnb, Apple, Facebook, Heat, Opperman Weiss, Sid Lee, TBWA\Chiat\Day, AKQA, Ogilvy, Dra FCB, Nitro Sapient, DAVID, & Berlin Cameron. Deep production background building up the brand identity of Fortune 500 clients such as Martini, Verizon, The North Face, American Express, Jagermeister, Bacardi, adidas, Nabisco, Burger King, PlayStation, Nissan, Infiniti, Sony, Amazon, Twix, Bombay, Apple, Facebook, Belvedere, and Airbnb. Produced work includes multi million dollar TV campaigns, brand funded content, animation, feature film documentaries, short films, live event programming, experiential projects, the Lanzarote Iron Man, En Svensk Klassiker, Vasaloppet, and the Stones 100k Ultra Marathon.
EXPERIENCE
Airbnb – Lead Creative Producer
Mar 2019 – May 2020 (1 year 3 months)
Lead Creative Producer on Airbnb Experiences. Campaigns produced include Adventures, Animals, Cooking, and Online Experiences using a multi-cultural, global, highly adaptive In-House creative production model.
Heat – Freelance Senior Producer
Dec 2018 – Mar 2019 (4 months)
Senior Producer for Amazon Gaming Studios
WINE and WAR – Writer, Producer & Director
Jun 2017 – Jan 2019 (1 year 8 months)
WINE and WAR is a feature documentary about the history of winemaking in Lebanon and the resilience of the entrepreneurial spirit seen through the lens of war and instability. In a time of global angst, the film is a timely reminder that uncertainty is a way of life for many and looks at the challenges of making wine in a region that has always lived with upheaval.
But above all, as we brace ourselves for change not seen in our lifetime, WINE and WAR is a compelling reminder that history is fraught with challenges that have been faced and ultimately overcome. In a region that is not automatically associated with wine, it is a story of epic achievement, one that shows the best side of humanity, it’s history; it’s tradition of hospitality, and its generosity of spirit.
Apple – Freelance Senior Producer
Jun 2018 – Sep 2018 (4 months)
Produced the Guided Tour for iPhone XS, iPhone XS MAX, and iPhone XR launch
Facebook – Freelance Senior Producer
Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 (6 months)
Experiential and hidden camera productions using ECG monitoring technologies.
OppermanWeiss – FreelanceExecutive Producer
Oct 2015 – Jun 2017 (1 year 9 months)
EP for Jagermeister and Tullamore Dew overseeing Editorial, Business Affairs, and Trafficking with 2 x Multi Milliondollar productions involving research and development, broadcast & social deliverables, bidding, post production, talent negotiations, radio, cinematics, legal, music licensing & negotiations, multi-national productions, trafficking, industrial, documentary, experiential, live events.
Ogilvy – Freelance Senior Producer
May 2015 – Oct 2015 (6 months)
Produced the 2016 American Express Blue Cash Back Oscars campaign with Celebrity talent, Tina Fey and Thomas Middleditch
OppermanWeiss – Freelance Executive Producer
Nov 2012 – May 2015 (2 years 7 months)
EP on Chobani, Bacardi, Dewars, Tullamore Dew, Martini & Bombay Saphire Overseeing Editorial, Business Affairs, and Trafficking departments for OW. Production research and development, broadcast,bidding, post production, talent negotiations, radio, cinematics, legal, music licensing & negotiations, multi-national productions, trafficking, industrial, documentary, experiential, live events.
The Invisible Front – Producer, Writer
May 2009 – Mar 2014 (4 years 11 months)
The Invisible Front is a feature documentary whose code name was used by the Soviet Interior Forces for the armed resistance in the occupied territories of the former Soviet Union. This resistance sprang to life without almost any outside support in 1940 and again in 1944, continuing in various forms, armed and unarmed, until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. This is the story of one of the twentieth centuries most significant anti- soviet resistance movements, told through the words and experiences of one of its leaders, Juozas Luksa and his fellow Forest Brothers. The story seeks to understand both sides of this war, a war which ultimately contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, 50 years after its spark. It puts the question about the personal choice in times of hardship and repression.
Dentsu – Freelance Senior Producer
Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 (4 months)
Senior Producer for Toyota and Canon 5D productions
Ogilvy – Freelance Senior Integrated Producer
Feb 2012 – Jun 2012 (5 months)
Senior producer for American Express & Burger King
FCB Global – Freelance Senior Integrated Producer
Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 (6 months)
Produced the 100 year anniversary campaign with Errol Morris for Oreo cookies and Kra Foods
SID LEE – Freelance Senior Integrated Producer
Aug 2010 – Feb 2011 (7 months)
Produced the adidas “all in” global campaign
Berlin Cameron – Freelance Senior Producer
Aug 2008 – May 2010 (1 year 10 months)
Producer for Comcast, Belvedere, Movies on Demand, Amazon.com, Super 8.
Nitro – Freelance Integrated Producer
Feb 2008 – Jun 2008 (5 months) Producer for Twix. www.twix.com
TBWA\Chiat\Day – Broadcast Producer
Jan 1999 – Jan 2008 (9 years 1 month) Producer on PlayStation, Nissan, and Infiniti
EDUCATION
University of Southern California
BA, School of Cinematic Arts 1994 – 1998
Uppsala University
Summer Program for Swedish Cinema, Film/Cinema/Video Studies 1993 – 1994
HONORS & AWARDS
American Pavilion – Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes May 1997
Kodak sponsored program, Cannes Film Festival
Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius international film festival KINO PAVASARIS Mar 2014
Winner Audience Award for best picture
SKILLS
Production • Film • Broadcast • Commercials • NewMedia • PostProduction • Documentaries • VFX Supervision • Television • CreativeDirection