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Alex R. Johnson

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Born

New York City, The United States

Website

https://www.haciendafilmsinc.com

Genre

Thriller, Crime, Fiction

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Richard Price, Elmore Leonard, Todd McEwen, Jonathan Lethem, Edward Co ...more

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Johnson’s feature film TWO STEP premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW and went on to become a New York Times Critic’s Pick, as well as remaining 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

His screenplay NORTHEAST KINGDOM was selected for the Black List. It was acquired by Paramount Pictures for Platinum Dunes to produce, with Johnson attached to direct.

His screenplay ANY ROUGH TIMES ARE NOW BEHIND YOU was selected by the Austin Film Society’s Artist Intensive lab. There, he spent three days working one-on-one with late director Jonathan Demme, an experience that was as inspiring as it was creatively life changing.

He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of Ernest Tidyman’s novel, BIG BUCKS, for Pascal Pictures.

His debut novel, BROOKLYN MOTTO, was rele ...more

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The Vanishing Points of Family Lore

The way the family story goes, my tía abuela was ill and close to death when she turned to her older sister (my abuela) and told her, “I’ll never forgive you for dragging me to this godforsaken country.”

My tía abuela’s name and the godforsaken country she blamed her sister for dragging her to were one in the same – America.

She was America de Mora. My grandmother (known as Abi to us) was Emma de

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