Podcast appearances and mentions of Alex R Johnson

Alex R Johnson is a film make, producer, Writer, Father, Husband, you get the idea. Most of all he's a passionate man who loves to write, create, to tell stories and today we talk about the agony of writing and why it has so much pleasure. The book is set in 1990's and the main character is a private investigator in Mayor Rudy Giuliani's New York, and what a time to be in New York, all the energy and excitement, that is unless you're a Private Investigator. Alex R Johnson www.brooklynmotto.com/

After 10 years, the filmmaker and author Alex R. Johnson returns to the podcast. Alex R. Johnson is a writer and filmmaker who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His feature film "Two Step" premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW in 2014 and went on to become a New York Times Critic's Pick. His screenplay "Northeast Kingdom" was selected for the 2016 Black List, and his screenplay "Any Rough Times Are Now Behind You" was selected by the Austin Film Society's Artist Intensive lab where he was mentored by late director Jonathan Demme. He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of Ernest Tidyman's novel, "Big Bucks", for Pascal Pictures/Sony Entertainment. Johnson's family hails from the Andes of Ecuador, where their 100-year-old dairy farm still operates. Fans of Richard Price, Charlie Huston, and Jonathan Lethem will love this coming-of-age New York-centric detective noir debut from esteemed filmmaker and screenwriter Alex R. Johnson. New York City, 1998. New York is changing around Nico Kelly, and he can feel more coming. A private investigator and self-proclaimed photographer, Nico is stuck in a loop of city contracts and self loathing. What little middle class there was is disappearing—long-standing factories are moving out and taking their reliable neighborhood jobs with them, and Mayor Rudy Giuliani's police force has the streets in a stranglehold.  Nico spends his days looking for fraudsters while taking photos of municipal employees on disability claims. He spends his nights trying to get rid of the nagging feeling that his day job makes him a professional snitch—traversing dive bars, playing pinball, and fighting through the haze of hungover mornings and blurry evenings.Pushing thirty years old and feeling split between his American and Latin heritage, between youth and adulthood, Nico finds himself at a precipice—who is he and what should he become? When Nico witnesses and records a murder during one of his insurance fraud investigations, bodies start to turn up all around him and he's forced into solving a mystery he didn't ask to solve. Humorous, gritty, and real, Nico's search for what it means to be human takes him through the deepest and darkest parts of New York City.

A conversation with one of my closest friends - writer, director, and now AUTHOR of the new book "Brooklyn Motto," Alex Johnson. Here are some links where you can purchase the book, watch his acclaimed feature film "Two Step" - as well as a beautiful short film ("Thanksgiving") Alex directed starring...ME. Plus, videos Alex directed for songs of mine - one going all the way back to the year 2000. Enjoy!"Brooklyn Motto": https://www.brooklynmotto.com/"Two Step": https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/two-step"Thanksgiving": https://vimeo.com/19414970?fbclid=IwY2xjawJyqr5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHh-whlzNSokoVM_WR8GF2dzYvwKNCL9QNaB3IKg0UiUK2w3bc86Dq5_FPBS2_aem_TPHRXGXFio2CQQhMGeRgrQChris Crofton - "UFO Hunters": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryK4mqugQuUChris Crofton - "Love Letter": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRd_vUrHkzcChris Crofton - "Gold Paint" (2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcRdn0JtcY

A full episode this week, with our lengthy review of "Cobalt," news, lots of your feedback, plus a special Q&A with Melissa. This episode brought to you by: Two Step: An intense Texas thriller and New York Times Critic’s pick from writer/director Alex R. Johnson. Check out the trailer at https://vimeo.com/117851554. If you'd like to leave us a message, you can reach us at (650) 485-DEAD (3323) or click the Send Voicemail button at walkingdeadcast.com. We're on Facebook at facebook.com/deadcast and on Twitter @jasonandkaren. And please check out all the other first-class podcasts in our network at podcastica.com. Don't forget to check out walkingdeathpool.com and leave your picks for who'll live and who'll die this season on TWD! Support the show.

This week on BEHIND THE LENS, we welcome Carol Nguyen, an LAFF Future Filmmaker and "Special Mention" winner of the Ed Elias Future Filmmaker Award for Experimental or Animated Film at LAFF 2015 for her short film HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE PHO? . Carol joins us live from her home in Canada to talk about PHO, filmmaking, festivals and her latest project, SILENT MOURNERS! At the halfway mark writer/director Alex R. Johnson joins us to talk about his narrative feature debut, the riveting slow burn thriller, TWO STEP. And then wrapping up the hour, we've got producers and the film's stars, Evan Dumochel & Macleod Andrews, talking THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE which debuted at Slamdance Film Festival and will be showing on August 9th as part of the Arclight Slamdance Cinema Club for August. http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com