Kristen Johnson

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Come On, Come On (2021). Count them as actor (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Ira Glass: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Come On, Come On (2021), which they wrote: Ira Glass ⇒ Come On, Come On (the maker said so: Mike Mills interview on the episode). Johnny is a WNYC-style old-school radio journalist; Ira Glass is a big influence on Mills.
    “Ira Glass has been like a big influence, big hero to me.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:14:04 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

Ira Glass's This American Life: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Come On, Come On (2021), which they wrote: Ira Glass's This American Life ⇒ Come On, Come On (the host's read). The radio-producer device is in the Ira Glass tradition, not the conspiracy podcaster.
    “I think it's a little bit more in the tradition of Ira Glass than it is necessarily in the tradition of the conspiracy theory podcaster”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:34:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Mike Mills's son: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Come On, Come On (2021), which they wrote: Mike Mills's son ⇒ Come On, Come On (the maker said so: Mike Mills interview on the episode). The project began with Mills being his kid's dad; the uncle idea distances it.
    “the whole project is just my kid and me being my kid's dad”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:02:30 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

Mills's SFMOMA kids-interview video piece: 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Come On, Come On (2021), which they wrote: Mills's SFMOMA kids-interview video piece ⇒ Come On, Come On (the maker said so: Mike Mills interview on the episode). The film grew from his video piece interviewing Silicon Valley kids about the future, which he did not feel done with.
    “I really didn't feel like I was done with asking kids about the future.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:13:00 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

Nancy Gale: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Come On, Come On (2021), which they wrote: Nancy Gale ⇒ Come On, Come On (the maker said so: Mike Mills interview on the episode). Nancy Gale, who ran his kid's preschool, taught him about children's power and breadth of feeling.
    “Nancy Gale comes in mind who ran my kids, preschool, is a very deep person about children”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:08:52 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Writing (1) everyone in writing

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

None.