Patrick Read Johnson Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor, Screen Story, Screenwriter

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Crew: Special Effects Technician

Actors: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor

Synopsis: Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imaginative man behind the world's most celebrated candy company, and while the Wonka factory is Read More

7/15/05
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Crew: Special Effects Technician

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis: After directing the first two movies in the Harry Potter franchise, Chris Columbus opted to serve as producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and passed the baton to Y Tu Mamá También director Alfonso Cuarón. Though "immensely popular" is an understatement when it comes to Harry Potter Read More

6/4/04
When Good Ghouls Go Bad

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Christopher Lloyd, Tom Amandes, Joe Pichler

Synopsis: Based on a tale by "scary story" maestro R.L. Stine, the made-for-cable movie stars the inimitable Christopher Lloyd as an energetic zombie (replete with detachable limbs) known as Dead Uncle Fred. The moribund hero can be seen and heard only by his 12-year-old nephew, Danny Walker (Joe Pichler) Read More

2001
Dragonheart

Crew: Executive Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer

Synopsis: A boy and his dragon unite to fight evil in this fantasy. Bowen (Dennis Quaid), a Knight of The Old Code in Medieval times, is summoned by Aislinn the Queen (Julie Christie) to the bedside of her son, Einon, who is also Bowen's student. Einon has been wounded and is near death; with his heart Read More

1996
Angus

Crew: Director

Actors: Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates, Ariana Richards, Chris Owen

Synopsis: High schooler Angus (Charlie Talbert), a jumbo-sized lad, seems underappreciated in all aspects of his life: he is a standout offensive lineman on the football team, but golden-boy quarterback Rick (James Van der Beek) gets all the accolades for his blood, sweat, and pass-blocking; he is also an Read More

1995
Baby's Day Out

Crew: Director

Actors: Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley, Cynthia Nixon

Synopsis: John Hughes sticks to his seemingly fool-proof formula for success in Baby's Day Out, a cross-pollination of Home Alone and a Swee' Pea cartoon. The plot seems all-too familiar: posing as baby photographers, a group of three would-be kidnappers (led by the usually outstanding character actor Joe Pantoliano Read More

1994
Spaced Invaders

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards, J.J. Anderson, Gregg Berger

Synopsis: This slapstick parody of space movies chronicles the riotous exploits of a group of dim-bulbed, misguided aliens under the mistaken impression that they are supposed to invade the Earth after they hear a rebroadcast of Orson Welles' notorious "War of the Worlds" one Halloween night. Thinking they Read More

4/27/90
Dead Heat

Crew: Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor

Actors: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Darren McGavin, Vincent Price

Synopsis: Although many genre filmmakers have managed to blend horror and humor with great success, movies employing this formula often run the risk of both elements canceling each other out, resulting in a horror comedy that is neither scary nor funny. Alas, Dead Heat is a textbook example of this kind of Read More

5/6/88