JOHNATHAN BROWN

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LAGER, OR HIS DAGGER

13 mins, Narrative, 2024 Digital



WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Johnathan Brown
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brandon Herrera
PRODUCERS: Mikayla Sinclair, Kristin Kharrat


An athlete on the cusp of signing a lucrative deal contends with the pressures of digital surveillance at his sponsorship party. 


APOLLO’S NERVAHN

4 mins, Narrative, 2024 Digital


WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Johnathan Brown
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brandon Herrera
PRODUCERS: Mikayla Sinclair, Kristin Kharrat


A young man recontextualizes he and his partner’s relationship as he forges an independent identity. 

ACCESS
7 mins, Narrative, 2024 Digital


WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Johnathan Brown
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brandon Herrera
PRODUCERS: Mikayla Sinclair, Kristin Kharrat


Outside an exclusive gentlemen’s club, two blood brothers make a sacrifice under the watch of lethal bouncers.

SEE HOW WE FLY

19 mins, Narrative, 2023 Digital


WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Johnathan Brown
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brandon Herrera
PRODUCERS: Ondine Peck-Voll, Mikayla Sinclair, Sydney Tuff, MK Ware


When Flex returns home to reunite with his childhood best friends, tensions simmer as the trio negotiate freedom and agency within emerging adulthood.

FLIGHT OF BIRD
4 mins, Narrative, 2024 Digital


WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Johnathan Brown
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brandon Herrera
PRODUCERS: Mikayla Sinclair, Kristin Kharrat


A micro-influencer auditions for the role of a lifetime. 

 


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Season 1, Episode 1: “NICE SHIRT”

19 mins, Narrative, 2022 
Digital




WRITER: Johnathan Brown
DIRECTORS: Johnathan Brown,
Neil Paul
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Hassan Ali, Audrey Ladele
PRODUCERS: Didier Exantus, Mikayla Sinclair, Alicia Lublin


Three college roommates navigate relationships and identities at a time when roadmaps on how to do so are nonexistent.