Peter Johnston

Peter Johnston specializes in teaching digital media and film production methods and manages the Film Studies program’s lab space and equipment. Since graduating with a BFA in Photography in 2007, Peter worked in the photography industry in Chicago before returning to Michigan to pursue his graduate degree. As a filmmaker he has created dozens of short fiction, documentary and experimental pieces. As an educator, he teaches both the introductory production course as well as the capstone fiction filmmaking course. 

CREATIVE WORK

2018    Producer/DP/Editor, What Happens To A Dream Deferred
2016    Director/Producer, Ka-dy Comes Home
2016    Editor/Post-Production Supervisor, Hmong Memory at the Crossroads
2014    Editor, Migrations of Islam
2014    Editor, Within
2013    Producer/DP/Editor, On the Open Road
2013    Director/Producer, We Are Never Eating Bad Together
2012    Editor, Olivia’s Cross
2012    DP/Editor, Inspired
2011    Producer/DP/Editor, Mr. Henderson
2010    DP, The Kings of Flint

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Intro to Digital Film and Media
Creating the Fiction Film 
Cinema and TV Projects
The Digital Image 
Story, Sound, and Motion