Name Mike Johnson Role Animator | Spouse Dyan Johnson (m. 1989) | |
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Movies Corpse Bride, Star Runners, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, What Could Go Wrong?: The Shadow Conspiracy Siblings Bethany Johnson, Mallory Johnson, Josh Johnson Similar People Tim Burton, Pamela Pettler, Caroline Thompson, Emily Watson, Paul Whitehouse | ||
Cartoon "Corpse bride" | Directed by Tim Burton, Mike Johnson | Watercolor painting by Yulia Belasla
Mike Johnson is a stop motion animator who has worked on films such as James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas, short films such as an animation of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (used by Primus and Rednex for promotional videos for their covers of the song), and TV programmes such as The PJs. Most recently, he directed Corpse Bride with Tim Burton; they were jointly nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
In 1996, he set up his own animation company, Fat Cactus Films. He currently teaches stop-motion at the California Institute of the Arts and University of California Los Angeles.
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