Johnathan Brownlee
The founder of Torfoot Studios, Johnathan Brownlee is an award-winning Canadian / American director, writer, showrunner, producer and actor with a diverse international body of work including feature films, documentaries, episodic and digital content.
Johnathan is “genre agnostic.” His films include Decoding Annie Parker, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, Occupy Texas, Three Days in August, Eyes of Jefferson, My Name is Kira, Montserrat, Puppet Master and Satanic Panic…TV and streaming content includes; Navigating Christmas (Hallmark), Johnathan Brownlee’s atHome (Global TV & HDNET), On Course (HDNET) and Mi Vida which earned Torfoot a total of 32 Telly Awards – 11 for directing.
A big believer in giving back, Johnathan currently serves as Chaiman and CEO of Dallas Classic Film Festival and also served as CEO and President of Dallas Film and Executive Director of the Dallas International Film Festival, where he created High School Film Labs and the Veterans Institute for Film & Media (VIFM), a hands-on training program free to honorably discharged veterans. He also served on the Community Board for First Credit Union as Vice Chair and as the Los Angeles representative for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Johnathan’s taught, lectured or consulted at some of the most respected institutions, including Harvard, Vancouver Film School, LA Film School, University of Toronto and the prestigious Booker T. Washington High School for the Arts in Dallas, TX.
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