Kenneth Johnson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942) is an American screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator of the V science fiction franchise and The Incredible Hulk TV series. His creative efforts are almost entirely concentrated in the area of television science fiction. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Johnson is a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. His early TV work includes The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and The Incredible Hulk. Johnson created the character of Jaime Sommers and the Bionic Woman series. In 1983, he wrote and directed the original miniseries V, about an invasion of Earth by reptilian aliens. The miniseries aired on NBC, and a year later was followed by a sequel, V: The Final Battle, which Johnson briefly worked on before leaving the project due to disagreements with the network. Johnson was subsequently credited as a co-writer of the sequel miniseries under the pseudonym Lillian Weezer, and was not involved at all in the weekly V television series that followed. In 1989, he produced the television series Alien Nation based on the 1988 film of the same name. In 1997, he wrote and …

Directed

1. V (1983) — Director
2. Short Circuit 2 (1988) — Director
3. The Incredible Hulk (1977) — Director
4. JAG (1995) — Director
5. Steel (1997) — Director
6. The Bionic Woman (1976) — Director
7. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) — Director
8. The Incredible Hulk (1977) — Director
9. Alien Nation (1989) — Director
10. Don't Look Under the Bed (1999) — Director
11. Seven Days (1998) — Director
12. Adam-12 (1968) — Director
13. Bride of the Incredible Hulk (1980) — Director
14. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970) — Director
15. Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994) — Director
16. Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996) — Director
17. Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997) — Director
18. Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) — Director
19. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995) — Director
20. Love, American Style (1969) — Director
21. Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) — Director
22. Senior Trip (1981) — Director
23. Shadow Chasers (1985) — Director
24. Curse of Dracula (1979) — Director
25. Griff (1973) — Director
26. The Secret Empire (1979) — Director
27. The Girl Who Saved the World (1979) — Director
28. Hot Pursuit (1984) — Director
29. The World of Dracula (1979) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cold Case (2003) — Joseph Shaw
2. Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022) — Self
3. WWE Cruiserweight Classic (2016)
4. Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) — Self