---
name: "Bill Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-johnson"
fi1m_id: "bill-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm0424594"
tmdb_id: 41563
wikidata_id: "Q4909622"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T12:38:49.478836+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Johnson

## Identity

Bill Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424594
- **TMDB ID:** 41563
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4909622
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4909622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41563

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1997–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Arkin](https://film.one/person/adam-arkin.md), [Andrew Bernstein](https://film.one/person/andrew-bernstein.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Lesli Linka Glatter](https://film.one/person/lesli-linka-glatter.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md), [Thomas Schlamme](https://film.one/person/thomas-schlamme.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Arlene Sanford](https://film.one/person/arlene-sanford.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (2), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 81 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4909622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41563

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Americans*](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md) (91), [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) (87), [*House*](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) (78), [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)
- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Expanse*](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bill Johnson is an American film editor and television director. He attended Dartmouth College and began his career as an assistant editor in New York feature film editing rooms, including work with Jonathan Demme on films such as *The Manhattan Project* (1986) and *Something Wild* (1986).

He edited 19 episodes of *The West Wing* (1999–2001) and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series for the episode 'Two Cathedrals' (2001); he had been nominated the previous year. Johnson made his directorial debut on the series with the episode 'Bad Moon Rising' (2001).

As a director he has worked on episodes of series including *House* (2004), *Justified* (2010), *The Expanse* (2015), *The Rookie* (2018) and others. His feature editing credits include *Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie* (1996).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvtechnology.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (5) — the average rests on these

- *The Expanse* (2015), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *The Americans* (2013), Fi1m 91, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Director, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Editor, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Director
- *Taken* (2017), series, Director
- *The Exorcist* (2016), series, Director
- *Game of Silence* (2016), series, Director
- *Outsiders* (2016), series, Director
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *The Player* (2015), series, Director
- *Rush* (2014), series, Director
- *The Bridge* (2013), series, Director
- *The Americans* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, Director
- *Justified* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *The Starter Wife* (2008), series, Editor
- *House* (2004), series, Director, Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Cruel Intentions 2* (2000), Editor
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Infinity* (1996), Editor
- *Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie* (1996), Editor
- *The Desperate Trail* (1994), Editor

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