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Brian Johnson

Career

Active in 1991 with 1 main title.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
Not enough ratings

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Special Visual Effects

    1987 · Won

    Aliens

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Special Achievement Academy Award

    1981 · Won · 53rd Academy Awards

    Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1980 · Won · 52nd Academy Awards

    Alien

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1982 · Nominated · 54th Academy Awards

    Dragonslayer

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brian Johnson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Pathos
    3.8, average 5.3
  • Romance
    2.6, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

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      Works often with

      People in at least two of their main titles.

        Movies and TV shows

        64
        Type
        Role
        Score
        Decade
        Genre
        Group by

        2020s

        3 titles
        Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
        Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph (2026)

        Special Effects

        Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
        Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City (2025)

        Special Effects Assistant

        Prisoners in Space
        Prisoners in Space (2025)

        Special Effects

        2010s

        2 titles · average score 30
        Family Vanished
        Family Vanished (2018)
        GoodWatch score 30

        as Det. Flynn

        This Is Supermarionation
        This Is Supermarionation (2014)

        Special Effects

        2000s

        1 title · average score 68
        CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
        CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
        GoodWatch score 68

        TV show · as Brad Malone

        1990s

        4 titles · average score 33
        Space Truckers
        Space Truckers (1996)
        GoodWatch score 33

        Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor

        Highlander III: The Sorcerer
        Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
        GoodWatch score 31

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Their Finest Hour
        Their Finest Hour (1991)

        Writer

        Caged Fury
        Caged Fury (1990)
        GoodWatch score 35

        Stunts

        1980s

        11 titles · average score 65
        Slipstream
        Slipstream (1989)
        GoodWatch score 40

        Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor

        Aliens
        Aliens (1986)
        GoodWatch score 87

        Special Effects

        Spies Like Us
        Spies Like Us (1985)
        GoodWatch score 45

        Special Effects

        The NeverEnding Story
        The NeverEnding Story (1984)
        GoodWatch score 70

        Special Effects

        Krull
        Krull (1983)
        GoodWatch score 49

        Special Effects

        The Pirates of Penzance
        The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
        GoodWatch score 70

        Special Effects Supervisor

        Journey Through the Black Sun
        Journey Through the Black Sun (1982)

        Special Effects

        Countdown to Disaster
        Countdown to Disaster (1982)

        Special Effects

        Dragonslayer
        Dragonslayer (1981)
        GoodWatch score 70

        Special Effects

        The Empire Strikes Back
        The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
        GoodWatch score 88

        Special Effects

        Alien Attack
        Alien Attack (1980)
        GoodWatch score 63

        Special Effects

        1970s

        7 titles · average score 59
        Alien
        Alien (1979)
        GoodWatch score 86

        Special Effects Supervisor, Special Effects

        Revenge of the Pink Panther
        Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
        GoodWatch score 68

        Special Effects

        The Medusa Touch
        The Medusa Touch (1978)
        GoodWatch score 59

        Special Effects Supervisor

        The Glitterball
        The Glitterball (1977)
        GoodWatch score 51

        Special Effects

        The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
        The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity (1975)

        Special Effects

        Taste the Blood of Dracula
        Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
        GoodWatch score 58

        Special Effects

        When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
        When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
        GoodWatch score 32

        Special Effects

        1960s

        34 titles · average score 68
        Moon Zero Two
        Moon Zero Two (1969)
        GoodWatch score 33

        Special Effects

        2001: A Space Odyssey
        2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
        GoodWatch score 86

        Special Effects

        Quatermass and the Pit
        Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
        GoodWatch score 69

        Special Effects Assistant

        Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
        Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster (1966)

        Special Effects

        Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
        Thunderbirds: Vault of Death (1965)
        GoodWatch score 67

        Special Effects

        Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
        Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky (1965)
        GoodWatch score 81

        Special Effects

        Thunderbirds: End of The Road
        Thunderbirds: End of The Road (1965)

        Special Effects

        First Men in the Moon
        First Men in the Moon (1964)
        GoodWatch score 59

        Special Effects Assistant

        The Kiss of the Vampire
        The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
        GoodWatch score 74

        Special Effects Assistant

        The Phantom of the Opera
        The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
        GoodWatch score 60

        Special Effects

        Captain Clegg
        Captain Clegg (1962)
        GoodWatch score 62

        Special Effects Assistant

        The Day the Earth Caught Fire
        The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
        GoodWatch score 79

        Special Effects Assistant

        1950s

        2 titles · average score 64
        The Crawling Eye
        The Crawling Eye (1958)
        GoodWatch score 55

        Special Effects Assistant

        Quatermass 2
        Quatermass 2 (1957)
        GoodWatch score 74

        Special Effects Assistant