---
name: "Brett Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brett-johnson"
fi1m_id: "brett-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm1303762"
tmdb_id: 82569
wikidata_id: "Q4962240"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 July 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:17:18.330952+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."
---

# Brett Johnson

## Identity

Brett Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brett-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brett-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1303762
- **TMDB ID:** 82569
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4962240
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Johnson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4962240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1303762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82569

Writer. Born 16 July 1982 in Pasadena.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 July 1982, Pasadena
- **Active:** 2007–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Johnson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4962240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1303762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82569

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Escape at Dannemora*](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Brett Johnson is an American television writer. He joined the writing staff of the AMC series *Mad Men* for its second season and co-wrote the episode "The Grown-Ups" with creator Matthew Weiner in the third season.

Johnson has written episodes of *Ray Donovan* and co-created the 2018 miniseries *Escape at Dannemora* with Michael Tolkin, on which he served as showrunner. His other credits include *Good Behavior* and the screenplay for the 2020 film *Adam*. He received Writers Guild of America awards for his work on *Mad Men*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Escape at Dannemora* (2018), Fi1m 74, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md)
- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Candy* (2022), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Adam* (2020), Screenplay
- *Escape at Dannemora* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md)
- *Good Behavior* (2016), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)

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