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Alex R. Johnson

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New York City, The United States

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https://www.haciendafilmsinc.com

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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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Alex Johnson liked Lance Neidhardt's review of Brooklyn Motto: "This was such a fun read! Despite being fairly short and fast paced, everything is fleshed out so well. The Crime/Mystery aspect was very good, but I think what made me really love it was the characters and environment. Each character quickly endeared " Read more of this review »
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Alex Johnson liked Dawn Quixote's review of Brooklyn Motto: "I won a digital copy of this (I never usually win anything!) and really enjoyed it. Set in '90s New York Nico is a PI who finds himself in trouble when he accidentally films a murder. It zips along and is full of larger-than-life characters and plent" Read more of this review »
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Alex Johnson liked Sean Malin's review of Brooklyn Motto: "Mad respect to Alex for this great novel. I loved TWO-STEP and spoke to him about it for the Austin Chronicle, and had been sort of anxious for the next thing. You never really know if someone's gonna be a one-hit wonder or hit a sophomore slump or w" Read more of this review »
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