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Steve Johnson and XFX/Edge FX
Award-winning special effects designer Steve Johnson was introduced to the Hollywood special effects scene after a meeting with makeup artist Rick Baker, in Johnson’s hometown of Galveston, Texas. By the time he was eighteen, Johnson moved to California and cut his teeth on such productions as “TANYA’S ISLAND”, “THE FOG”, and “THE HOWLING”. Later, as Baker was assembling his select team in London for the production of “AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON”, he again invited Johnson to join him. This position lead to key supervisory roles on “VIDEODROME” and “GREYSTOKE”, on which Johnson supervised the animatronic ape shoot in Africa.
By the mid-eighties, Johnson was appointed head of the creature shop at Richard Edlund’s Boss Film Corporation, where he oversaw productions including “GHOSTBUSTERS”, “FRIGHT NIGHT”, “POLTERGEIST 2” and “BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA”. There, Johnson was challenged with realizing cutting edge effects for major studio productions until the formation of his own company in 1986.
Steve Johnson’s studio made a name for itself in the film industry with its originality of design, attention to detail and innovative use of materials. The studio drew initial acclaim with memorable effects like the surreal demise of Freddy Krueger in Renny Harlin’s “NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET IV”. With success came increasingly challenging and more prestigious projects, including the creation of his now famous, fully articulated, translucent, self-illuminated underwater beings for James Cameron’s “THE ABYSS”.
With projects as diverse as SPECIES, AMISTAD, BICENTENNIAL MAN, the creation of the unforgettable Putterman family for DURACELL BATTERIES, Johnson has been responsible for a wide range of practical effects. Recent works including BLADE 2, STAR TREK: NEMESIS, DREAMCATCHER, THE CAT IN THE HAT, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN and SPIDER-MAN II have secured Steve Johnson as “the” state of the art leader in his field.
By the mid-eighties, Johnson was appointed head of the creature shop at Richard Edlund’s Boss Film Corporation, where he oversaw productions including “GHOSTBUSTERS”, “FRIGHT NIGHT”, “POLTERGEIST 2” and “BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA”. There, Johnson was challenged with realizing cutting edge effects for major studio productions until the formation of his own company in 1986.
Steve Johnson’s studio made a name for itself in the film industry with its originality of design, attention to detail and innovative use of materials. The studio drew initial acclaim with memorable effects like the surreal demise of Freddy Krueger in Renny Harlin’s “NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET IV”. With success came increasingly challenging and more prestigious projects, including the creation of his now famous, fully articulated, translucent, self-illuminated underwater beings for James Cameron’s “THE ABYSS”.
With projects as diverse as SPECIES, AMISTAD, BICENTENNIAL MAN, the creation of the unforgettable Putterman family for DURACELL BATTERIES, Johnson has been responsible for a wide range of practical effects. Recent works including BLADE 2, STAR TREK: NEMESIS, DREAMCATCHER, THE CAT IN THE HAT, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN and SPIDER-MAN II have secured Steve Johnson as “the” state of the art leader in his field.
