Biography

J. McMillan Johnson was born on September 15, 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 April 17, 1990 in Napoopoo, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

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.

Graduated in Architecture, USC... followed by Art Center School in Los Angeles.

Worked for well-known architect Kem Weber until he was hired by Selznick Studios in 1938. Worked as a sketch-artist on Gone with the Wind, and is credited in this regard in the book "David O. Selznick's Hollywood" on pages 248 and 271.

Worked at Paramount from 1952 to 1960.