Daily Archives: 18 February 2021

It feels good to be filming again. I guess I could’ve filmed throughout all of the lockdowns because it’s classed as ‘work’ – but instead I shut down production on all my projects. There were times when I really wanted to be out there filming, but it also felt imperative

You know you’re old when you watch a documentary about someone who has 77 million Instagram followers and you’ve never even heard of them before. Not knowing who she was, I came into this completely fresh – and man, I was absolutely blown away. Billie Eilish is a unique talent,

Two days after my 20th birthday, I registered my website – and Daniel Johnson Films was born. That I was so young when I first started this website is both surprising and not surprising at all. It was 2004 and I was making short films for the web,  even though

I am delighted to write that I will be returning to in-person showreel production from the week of April 19th 2021. From when the UK went into Tier 4 – and then continuing into the latest lockdown, I decided that it was best to postpone all showreel shoots until a

Creating online showreel from scratch scenes for actors in different countries has been a huge privilege. I began making scenes this way before the pandemic – trialling it for free with actors on Twitter. As the world closed down, this form of creating became an incredibly useful tool for actors.

There’s a new interview with me in this week’s ‘The Stage’. I talked to John Byrne about how I started out, how I’ve trained actors and writers, and I give a little advice about how it’s important to build resilience in this industry. Click on the image below to read