Pamela K. Johnson

I hire people to do my stunts.

<p>I&#8217;ve lived many lives. Go ahead, count &#8217;em!</p> <p>Worked for a lot of years in various editor positions at Essence magazine.</p> <p>Co-wrote the novel <em>Santa &amp; Pete</em> with historian Christopher Moore, and helped it get adapted into the 1999 <span class="caps">CBS</span>-TV movie starring James Earl Jones and Hume Cronyn.</p> <p>Co-edited <em>Tenderheaded: A Comb Bending Collection of Hair Stories</em> with Hampton University professor Juliette Harris, and helped the book became a stage play along with Pam Hooks. <em>Tenderheaded: The Musical</em> enjoyed sold-out audiences in Philadelphia, and was also staged in New York.</p> <p>In 2006, I wrote and directed, <em>Talk Me To Death</em>, a comedy short about rampant cell-phone use at a funeral. The film won best editing and audience awards in New Mexico’s Duke City Shootout competition.</p> <p>In late 2006, I got a Women in Film/General Motors’ Emerging Filmmakers Grant. The following year, I did AFI&#8217;s Directing Workshop for Women, where I directed <em>Stitches</em>, a coming-of-age tale about a teen fashionista who must share a room with a girl who’s a fashion disaster.</p> <p>Last year/this year: I was awarded a Professional Artists Fellowship from the Arts Council of Long Beach, celebrated my <em>Office</em> spec script coming in second in Scriptapalooza’s TV Writing Competition, and launched my documentary, <em>A Store of Our Own</em>, after being inspired by an <em>O magazine</em> article about Councilwoman Lea Webb&#8217;s efforts to bring a store to a Binghamton, NY community that has gone without one for 15 years.</p>

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