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Brian D. Johnson is a Canadian journalist and filmmaker, best known as an entertainment reporter and film critic for ''Maclean's''.〔"Return of the '70s: not very far out". ''Montreal Gazette'', November 19, 1994.〕 He first joined the magazine in 1985. In early 2014, Johnson announced his retirement as a full-time staff member of the magazine,〔("Writing the stars: 28 years covering showbiz" ). ''Maclean's'', January 25, 2014.〕 although he remains an occasional freelance contributor. He has also contributed to ''Rolling Stone'' and ''The Globe and Mail'', and has won three National Magazine Awards for his writing.〔"Saturday Night wins 10 magazine awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 18, 1984.〕 He was a founding member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, and has served as the organization's president since 2009.〔"T.O. FilmCritics Association calls for release of filmmakers; Jafar Panahi has been detained nearly two weeks". ''National Post'', March 16, 2010.〕 Johnson has also published the poetry book ''Marzipan Lies'' (1974), the novel ''Volcano Days'' (1994)〔 and the non-fiction book ''Brave Films, Wild Nights: 25 Years of Festival Fever'' (2000), a history of the Toronto International Film Festival.〔"Boogie nights: For all its star worship, Brian Johnson's take on the Toronto International Film Festival's 25-year run amounts to two decent books in one." ''Toronto Star'', September 3, 2000.〕 As a filmmaker, he directed the short films ''Tell Me Everything'' (2006)〔"Shorts on show". ''Toronto Star'', September 8, 2006.〕 and ''Yesno'' (2010).〔"Burton Cummings attacked!: . . . and other inspired TIFF shorts". ''Toronto Star'', September 2, 2010.〕 His first feature film as a documentarian, ''Al Purdy Was Here'', debuted at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,〔("Patricia Rozema survival tale, Philippe Falardeau satire highlight TIFF's Canadian lineup" ). ''eTalk'', August 5, 2015.〕 where it finished third in the voting for the Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award. He is married to writer and broadcaster Marni Jackson.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian D. Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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