Peter Johnston
john2950@msu.edu
517-884-4441
C637 Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
FacultyEnglishFilm Studies
Digital Media/Film Production Manager
Film and Media Studies; Film and Media Production
Biography
Peter Johnston specializes in teaching digital media and film production methods and manages the Film Studies program’s lab space and equipment. Since graduating with a BFA in Photography in 2007, Peter worked in the photography industry in Chicago before returning to Michigan to pursue his graduate degree. As a filmmaker he has created dozens of short fiction, documentary and experimental pieces. As an educator, he teaches both the introductory production course as well as the capstone fiction filmmaking course.
MA, Michigan State University 2010
Projects
2018 Producer/DP/Editor, What Happens To A Dream Deferred
2016 Director/Producer, Ka-dy Comes Home
2016 Editor/Post-Production Supervisor, Hmong Memory at the Crossroads
2014 Editor, Migrations of Islam
2014 Editor, Within
2013 Producer/DP/Editor, On the Open Road
2013 Director/Producer, We Are Never Eating Bad Together
2012 Editor, Olivia’s Cross
2012 DP/Editor, Inspired
2011 Producer/DP/Editor, Mr. Henderson
2010 DP, The Kings of Flint
Courses
Intro to Digital Film and Media
Creating the Fiction Film
Cinema and TV Projects
The Digital Image
Story, Sound, and Motion
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