New York University, USA

Film: Limits Like Fears

Length: 1'30"

A product of Texas and New York, John Ryan Johnson (JRJ) is an award-winning commercial director and filmmaker. At 22, JRJ was shooting high school football in the pouring rain on a Best Buy camcorder. At 32, he won Best Test Commercial in North America at the Young Director Award in Cannes for Buckets, a spot he wrote, produced, directed, edited, and funded himself. He is clearly aging like wine and Cannes´definition of "young" is at best questionable. Recently, JRJ´s first foray into commercial directing was a six-spot, single-bid, multi-agency campaign for McDonald´s McCafé.

He also started out skiing on a double black diamond course and learned to fish with only a snorkel and spear. JRJ´s Jordan Brand spec Limits Like Fears was nominated for the 2016 New Director of the Year at the shots Awards and named a Finalist in the Porsche Award in London. An alumni of New York University´s Graduate Film program, JSJ´s first feature documentary Anatomy of an American Dream is backed by the NYU Production Lab and will be screening in festivals in 2017. JRJ resides in Brooklyn, NY.

Filmography:

"McCafé campaign" - McDonald´s (2016)

"Limits Like Fears" - Jordan (2016)

"Buckets" - Nike (2015)

"Tantrum" - Polaner All Fruit (2014)

"Joanne Rossman" - American Express (2013)

"Nine to Five" - NBA (2012)