tản mạn văn chương / thếphong: ABOUT FILM MAKER LAWRENCE JOHNSON by Clark Salisbury. May 6, 2011. ( STUFF THE FILM)

    about film maker
lawrence johnson
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  by clark salisbury

lawrence johnson [ 1950 - ]

LAWRENCE JOHNSON has been making films since his childhood and has developed a national reputation for his historical and cultural documentary and films for musueums across the country. Many of his films have been seen on Public Broadcasting stations across the country. He has created films for museums such as Smithsonian Institution, the Washing-ton State History Museum and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Johnson has taugh cinematography at the Portland Art Museum' s Northwest Film Center and has completed several residences through its Filmmaker-In-Schools program. Stuff will be his first personal documentary.

LAWRENCE JOHNSON
SELECTED FILM AND PROGRAM BROADCAST VIDEO

- Celebration The Plains Indian Museum Powwow - 2006
- three possible scenes - 2002
- Coming Home was Easy : The West Coast Salmon Troller - 2002
- The Mustache - 2001
- Hand Game - The Native North American Game of Power and Chance - 2001
- Arrow Chance - Reclaiming Our Heritage - 1990
- Mas Fever - Inside Trinidad Carnival - 1989
- Work Is our Ivy - 1989
- Steam Whistle Logging - 1987
- Remembering Uniontown - 1985
- The Ghostwriter - 1981
- R.V.N [Republic of Vietnam] - 1973

MUSEUMS AND INTERPRETIVE AUDIO/ VISUAL

- "Range Creek : Archeology of Plea" Utah Museum of Natural History - 2006
- "Pregon, My Oregon" Oregon Historical Society - 2004
- National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame - 2001
- Oystering on the Chesapeake - 2001
- Plains Indian Museum - 2000
- Boonshoft Museum of Discovery - 1999 -
- Tamuslikt Cultural Institutre - 1998
- Sunny Valley Appelegate Trail Museum - 1998
- In the Presence of the Past : The Miami Indians of Indiana - 1998
- Washington History Museum - 1996
- Sea Album - 1995
- Sacred Encounters - 1997

NORTHWEST FILM CENTER RESIDENCY PROJECTS

- Alien Invaders - 1997
- What is My Homeland Now? and So They Will Know Who I am - 1994
- Wetland Neighboors - 1993
- Science for the Real World - 1992
- The Hidden City - 1991
- Restoring C.S. Price - 1990

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

- 2006 : Honorable Mention, Experimental, KansasCity Jubilee Film Festival
- 2004 : Best Live Action Short, RiverRun International Film Festival
- 2003 : Telley Bronze Award
- 2002 : Bearded Child Film Festival, Grand Rapid, Minnesota
- 2001 : Northwest Film Festival Spokane, Washington
- 2001 : Native Peoples Film & Video Festival, Montreal
- 2000 : Opening event, American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco
- 2000 : Native American Film & Video Festival, Smithsonian Institution, New York
- 2000 : Five Rivers Film Festival, University of Montana, Missouri
- 1999 : Certificate For Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film & Video Festival
- 1998 : Gold Appl , National Education Media Network
- 1998 : Cine Eagle
- 1998 : Certificate of Merit, Oudoor Writers Association of America
- 1997 : Muse Award, Second Place, Cultural Studies, American Association of Museuems
- 1996 : Second Place, Cultural Studies, American Association of Museums
- 1996 : Second Place, World Populations Film & Video Festival
- 1996 : Finalist Cascade Awards, Documentary
- 1995 : Muse Awards, First Place, Cultural Studies, American Association of Museuems
- 1995 : Muse Awards, Third Place, Interactive, America Association of Museums
- 1994 : Young People' s Film & Video Festival, Certificate of Achivement
- 1994 : Cascade Award, Best of year, Multi-media
- 1992 : Best of Show, Student Category, North American Association for
Environmental Education
- 1991 : Muse Award, Third Place, Interactive, America Association of Meseumo
- 1991 : Golden Reel, Local Documentary, National Federation of Community Broadcasters
- 1990 : Gold, Houston International Film Festival
- 1990 : American Association of State and Local History, Award of Merit
- 1988 : American Association of State and Local History Certificate of Commendation.

(Google .search / Lawrence Johnson filmmaker)

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".... từ lầu 1 Starbucks Coffee ( quận Phú nhuận. tp. HCM ) , nhìn ra ngoài hành lang; tôi và Johnson uống cà phê nóng; riêng Michael uống sữa. Tay thông ngôn tiếng việt cừ khôi lại đưa máy ảnh bấm thêm vài 'pô' -- Johnson đưa tay quàng vai tôi ngồi trên ghế bành. Michael bấm revise cho tôi xem tấm ảnh vừa chụp, anh cho tôi biết,

" Mỹ đưa 3 triệu 500 ngàn quân sang tham chiến ở Việt nam, khi rút quân về, chỉ còn khoảng 8 trăm ngàn."

Lawrence Johnson cũng cho biết, anh mới từ Malaysia qua, anh được mời sang dạy quay phim cho một trường đai học nào đó -- họ biết tiểu sử, tác phẩm nhà làm phim Lawrence Johnson, chỉ cần bấm vào Google -- là biết được ngay nhà làm phim kỳ cựu nổi tiếng; từng là cựu G.I. sang chiến đấu ở Việt nam .

Lần này, chúng tôi chuyện trò rôm rả , cởi mở hơn những lần trước : phỏng vấn, quay hình -- Johnson cho biết , chiều hôm sau, anh trở về Oregon -- và, 2 năm nữa có thể gặp nhau ở Oregon, khi nhà làm phim trình chiếu phim anh thực hiện ở Việt nam. ...."