Alcon Entertainment Appoints Steven Johnson as Executive Vice President – Deadline

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exclusive: alcon entertainment Former MGM executive appointed steven johnson As Executive Vice President, Head of Physical Production.

Johnson came to Alcon after two and a half years at MGM International, where he served as senior vice president of physical production.He will now oversee the physical production of all of Alcon’s film, television and documentary projects, including the Prime Video limited series blade runner 2099 Led by producer Silka Luisa, the animated feature garfield Starring Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson for Sony Pictures, featuring Denis Villeneuve Rendezvous with Ramabased on the classic novel by Arthur Clarke, and an upcoming documentary series about legendary basketball coach John Thompson.

“Steven’s unique experience in all areas of production over the past 20+ years has given him a broad perspective and expertise, and we look forward to him bringing his extensive experience to Alcon,” said the company’s co-founder and co-chief executives Broderick Johnson and Andrew said. Kosovo.

Johnson added that he is “delighted to join the team of Andrew and Broderick who have built a strong reputation over the past two and a half years in producing and financing film and television, as well as curating franchise IP. We have a common Our philosophy is to be a studio that produces quality entertainment for a fast-growing industry in a cost-effective and innovative manner.”

During his tenure at MGM, Johnson served as co-executive producer of the Peacock series last lightstarring lostMatthew Fox, who also co-produced the Growing Up series end of love for Amazon LATAM, and Harlan Coben’s Sanctuary Prime Video recently completed production in New Jersey.

Prior to joining the studio, Johnson was Vice President of Television Entity Production at MRC Studios, where he was responsible for Emmy-winning series such as Ozark and the bestHe also served as Vice President of Production at 21st Century Fox and worked at Tobey Maguire’s former production company, Material Pictures.His time at the latter saw him produce the Sundance premiere of the Craig Zobel film Z is for Zechariahstarring Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine.

Johnson’s career as a producer spanned film, television and documentaries, and also saw him spend several years working on projects for Lady Gaga, including her monster ball HBO Concert Movies, Specials A Very Gaga Thanksgiving ABC, and some of her award-winning music videos.

Kosove and Johnson co-founded Alcon Entertainment in 1997 with partner Frederick W. Smith (FedEx founder, chairman and CEO).To date, the company has financed and produced or co-financed and co-produced 34 films, including blind spotwhich won an Oscar for Best Actress for Sandra Bullock; critically acclaimed blade runner 2049Starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, won two Academy Awards and was nominated for an additional three; and Book of Elistarring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman.

Alcon launched the Television Group division in 2015 and has since produced hit sci-fi series vastand the animated children’s series pete catbased on the best-selling book and produced in partnership with Amazon Studios.

Johnson is represented by APA.