---
name: "Nicholas D. Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-d-johnson"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-d-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm4946908"
tmdb_id: 2093036
wikidata_id: "Q116854845"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:33:27.914724+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."
---

# Nicholas D. Johnson

## Identity

Nicholas D. Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-d-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-d-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm4946908
- **TMDB ID:** 2093036
- **Wikidata ID:** Q116854845
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116854845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4946908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2093036

Director. Born in St. Louis, MO.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Nick Johnston, Nick Johnson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116854845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4946908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2093036

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Missing*](https://film.one/film/missing.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Nicholas D. Johnson is an American film editor, writer and director, also credited as Nick Johnson or Nick D. Johnson. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2013 and is based in Los Angeles.

He served as editor and director of virtual photography on *Searching* (2018). He later edited *Run* (2020) and co-wrote the screenplay and co-directed *Missing* (2023) with Will Merrick. The three films form part of a screenlife thriller series produced in collaboration with Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian.

*Sources: samdb.co.za, timesnewspapers.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Missing* (2023), Fi1m 64, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/missing.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Missing* (2023), Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/missing.md)
- *Run* (2020), Editor
- *Searching* (2018), Editor
- *Microeconomics* (2012), Assistant Camera
- *Monsters* (2012), Story

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