Marc Henry Johnson (Producer)

Most recently for television, Marc Henry Johnson (producer) has arranged the financing, production and distribution of A Huey P. Newton Story directed by Spike Lee. Currently, Mr. Johnson is engaged in the development of the original feature length film, Didn’t He Ramble, inspired by the life of New Orleans jazz legend Buddy Bolden to be helmed by the Emmy Award® winning director Charles Dutton.

Last year for television he produced "The Awful Truth," with director Michael Moore, for Bravo and co-produced PBS’ "A Love Letter to New York," featuring Joy Behar, Heavy-D, Tommy Tune, Danilo Perez and Gordon Parks. Also for PBS, he was a consulting producer on "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" and "Through One City’s Eyes," a documentary about the civil rights movement in Milwaukee. Other television producing credits include programs for Turner Broadcasting System, the Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Public Broadcasting Service, German VOX-TV, South African Broadcast Corporation, and Trinidad & Tobago Television.

For film, Mr. Johnson was a producer on a feature film entitled Coyotes, winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the 1999 Savannah Film Festival and an audience favorite at the 1999 Palm Spring’s Film Festival.