Brian Johnson
Brian Johncock (born 29 June 1939) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. He changed his surname to Johnson during the 1960s.
Joining the team of special effects artist Les Bowie, Johnson started his career behind the scenes for Bowie Films on productions such as On the Buses, and for Hammer Films. He is known for his special effects work on TV series including Thunderbirds (1965–66) and films including Alien (1979), for which he received the 1980 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (shared with H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling and Nick Allder). Previously, he had built miniature spacecraft models for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Johnson's work on Space: 1999 influenced the effects of the Star Wars films of the 1970s and 1980s. Impressed by his work, George Lucas visited Johnson during the production of the TV series to offer him the role of effects supervisor for the 1977 film. Having already been commissioned for the second series of Space: 1999, Johnson was unable to accept at the time. He worked on the sequel, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), whose special effects were recognised in the form of a 1981 Special Achievement Academy Award (which Johnson shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson).
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Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
2026 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025 · Special Effects Assistant
Prisoners in Space
2025 · Special Effects
The Eagle Obsession
2025 · Self
Century 21 Revisited
2025 · Himself
2001: Creating Kubrick’s Space Odyssey
2024 · Himself
Family Vanished
2018 · Det. Flynn
Century 21 Slough
2018 · Himself
This Is Supermarionation
2014 · Special Effects
Filmed in Supermarionation
2014 · Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Self
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001 · Self
The Alien Legacy
1999 · Self
Space Truckers
1996 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Their Finest Hour
1991 · Writer
Caged Fury
1990 · Stunts
Slipstream
1989 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
Aliens
1986 · Special Effects
Spies Like Us
1985 · Special Effects
The NeverEnding Story
1984 · Special Effects
Krull
1983 · Special Effects
The Pirates of Penzance
1983 · Special Effects Supervisor
Journey Through the Black Sun
1982 · Special Effects
Countdown to Disaster
1982 · Special Effects
Dragonslayer
1981 · Special Effects
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Self
Alien Attack
1980 · Special Effects
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Special Effects
Alien
1979 · Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
The Medusa Touch
1978 · Special Effects Supervisor
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978 · Special Effects
The Glitterball
1977 · Special Effects
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
1975 · Special Effects
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1970 · Special Effects
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Special Effects
Moon Zero Two
1969 · Special Effects
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Special Effects
Quatermass and the Pit
1967 · Special Effects Assistant
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
1966 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: End of The Road
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
1965 · Special Effects
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
1965 · Special Effects
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Special Effects Assistant
The Kiss of the Vampire
1963 · Special Effects Assistant
The Phantom of the Opera
1962 · Special Effects
Captain Clegg
1962 · Special Effects Assistant
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 · Special Effects Assistant
The Trollenberg Terror
1958 · Special Effects Assistant
Quatermass 2
1957 · Special Effects Assistant
