J. McMillan Johnson(1912-1990)

Visual Effects
Art Director
Production Designer

J. McMillan Johnson was born on 15 September 1912 in Los Angeles, California, USA. J. McMillan was an art director and production designer, known for To Catch a Thief (1955), Rear Window (1954) and Portrait of Jennie (1948). J. McMillan was married to Mary Louise McConnelly. J. McMillan died on 17 April 1990 in Napoopoo, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

Known for

To Catch a Thief

7.4

Art Director(as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)

1955

Rear Window

8.4

Art Director(as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)

1954

Portrait of Jennie

7.6

Production Designer

1948

Point Blank

7.2

Visual Effects

1967

Credits

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Visual Effects

Earth II
5.5
TV Movie
- special visual effects
- 1971
Marlowe
6.4
- special visual effects
- 1969
The Gypsy Moths
6.3
- special visual effects
- 1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
3.5
- special visual effects
- 1969
Ice Station Zebra
6.6
- special visual effects
- 1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
5.8
- special visual effects
- 1968
Guns for San Sebastian
6.6
- special visual effects
- 1968
The Power
5.9
- special visual effects
- 1968
Point Blank
7.2
- special visual effects
- 1967
Double Trouble
5.1
- special visual effects
- 1967
Hot Rods to Hell
5.4
- special visual effects
- 1966
Spinout
5.8
- special visual effects
- 1966
Hold On!
4.6
- special visual effects
- 1966
The Glass Bottom Boat
6.5
- special visual effects (as J. McMillin Johnson)
- 1966
7 Women
6.8
- special visual effects
- 1965

Art Director

Dirty Dingus Magee
5.2
- Art Director
- 1970
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.2
- Art Director
- 1962
Westinghouse Preview Theatre
TV Series
- Art Director (as Mac Johnson)
- 1961
One-Eyed Jacks
7.1
- Art Director
- 1961
Pete and Gladys
7.3
TV Series
- Art Director
- 1961
The Facts of Life
6.3
- Art Director (as J. MacMillan Johnson)
- 1960
Li'l Abner
6.7
- Art Director
- 1959
King Creole
7.0
- Art Director (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
- 1958
Maracaibo
5.6
- Art Director (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
- 1958
Desire Under the Elms
6.5
- Art Director (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
- 1958
Hear Me Good
5.2
- Art Director
- 1957
The Tin Star
7.3
- Art Director (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
- 1957
Omar Khayyam
5.9
- Art Director
- 1957
Anything Goes
6.1
- Art Director (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
- 1956
The Desperate Hours
7.5
- Art Director (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
- 1955

Production Designer

Personal details

Alternative names
- J. MacMillan Johnson
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- September 15, 1912
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
- April 17, 1990
- Napoopoo, Kona, Hawaii, USA(cerebral hemorrhage)
Spouse
- Mary Louise McConnellyJuly 23, 1938 - December 13, 1981 (her death, 3 children)

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Trivia
During the Hollywood blacklist era he left the motion picture industry for about a year and did architectural delineation (renderings) for many notable architects in the LA area, many of whom had been class-mates of his at USC.