Alexandra Johnes

Alexandra Johnes (born December 3, 1976) is an American documentary film producer and former actress. As a producer, Johnes is known for films including The Square, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, and Doubletime. She has worked as a Producer with various directors, including Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki and Jehane Noujaim.^[1] In 2013, Johnes received a Primetime Emmy Award for producing Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God.^[2] During her acting career, Johnes' film credits include starring roles as the Childlike Empress in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, and Phoebe in Zelly and Me, alongside Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch, as well as guest appearances on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Alexandra Johnes
Alexandra Johnes at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in 2014
Occupation(s)	Producer (film), actor
Years active	1987–present

Biography

Johnes graduated with a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU).^[3] From 2007 through 2012, Johnes ran Jigsaw Productions for Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney,^[4][5] managing aspects of development and production. In 2012, Johnes received a Transatlantic Partnership (TAP) Producing Fellowship ^[6] from the Independent Filmmaker Project.^[7]

Johnes leads the production company Special Projects.

Johnes' sister Stephanie Johnes also works in film.^[8] Stephanie directed and filmed the 2007 documentary Doubletime, on which Alexandra worked as a producer.

Filmography

Producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	The Mars Generation	Executive producer
2016	Holy Hell	Producer
2015	Frame by Frame	Executive producer
2015	The Witch	Executive producer
2013	The Square	Co-producer/Executive producer
2012	The House I Live In	Consulting producer
2012	Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God	Producer
2012	Rafea: Solar Mama	Supervising producer
2011	Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place	Producer
2011	The Last Gladiators	Co-producer
2011	Reagan	Consulting producer
2010	Casino Jack and the United States of Money	Co-producer
2010	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	Production executive
2010	Freakonomics: The Movie	Segment producer
2010	My Trip to Al-Qaeda	Producer
2009	Money-Driven Medicine	Production executive
2008	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Production executive
2007	Doubletime	Producer, Sound recordist

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Zelly and Me	Phoebe
1990	The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter	Childlike Empress
1997	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Hillary	episode: Hilda and Zelda: the Teenage Years (S1E15)
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Sheila Martini	episode: School Hard (S2E3)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
2013	Primetime Emmy Award	Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking	Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God	Won
2017	Gerald Loeb Award	Audio	"Dov Charney’s American Dream"[9]	Won

References

1. "Alexandra Johnes". veryspecialprojects.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
2. "Emmys - Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God". Retrieved February 25, 2014.
3. "New York Film Academy: Faculty, Documentary Department". Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2014 – via Internet Archive.
4. "Jigsaw Productions: Staff and Collaborators". Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2014 – via Internet Archive.
5. "Noujaim Films Presents:Rafea: Solar Mama" (PDF) (Press release). Noujaim Films. January 29, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014 – via Internet Archive.
6. "IFP International Fellowships". Independent Filmmaker Project. March 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
7. "2012 Project Forum Slate". Independent Filmmaker Project. August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
8. Obenson, Tambay A. (August 29, 2012). "Indiewire: Award-Winning Doc 'Doubletime' Coming To DVD, VOD, Digital Download On September 25". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2014 – via Internet Archive.
9. "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2017 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

External links

• Alexandra Johnes at IMDb
• "Dov Charney’s American Dream", 2017 Gerald Loeb Award winner for Audio