I’m Kristin Iris Johnson

Screenwriter - producer - catalyzer for change

I am a Film Producer, Screenwriter, and the VP of Development and Production at MegaMind Media, a Black-owned production company headed by Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood. Black American and Afro-Latina, with my mother's side hailing from Puerto Rico, I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. Having a lifelong gift for storytelling I attended Columbia College Chicago where I studied both Film/Video and Fiction Writing before getting my BA in Fiction Writing in 2008. I co-created and co-wrote the supernatural TV series Wicked City starring Vanessa Bell Calloway and Taylor Polidore airing on AllBlk. I am a writer and producer of the upcoming feature film Greenwood Avenue executive produced by Morris Chestnut and Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood; and a writer of upcoming film Kiss of Death (2023). I also produced the feature film Trophy Wife (2022); and was a producer for The Sound of Christmas (2022); The Deadly Getaway (2023); Holiday Heartbreak (2020), The Available Wife (2019); and co-produced two very important anthology series with BET Her that highlight mental health challenges and breast cancer awareness in the Black community: BET Her Presents: The Couch and BET Her Presents: The Waiting Room. I have worked with such incredible talent as Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vivica A. Fox, Naturi Naughton, and Victoria Rowell who all made their directorial debuts with us at MegaMind Media; and have also worked with Meagan Good, Kim Fields, Clifton Powell, KJ Smith, Michael Colyar, Bill Bellamy, and many more.

As a writer and producer I seek to expand how Black and other underrepresented people are depicted in film and TV. We deserve to see ourselves centered and fully human in all kinds of stories, including fantasy, sci-fi, and other genres that are traditionally reserved for our white counterparts. As Black writers and creators we are the wild fruit grown from the seeds of our ancestors; paving new ground, igniting change, and inspiring others through the stories we tell. To further this vision for change I am currently working on offerings to help budding screenwriters develop their writing craft, and storytelling skills so they too can make change in the industry.

Random facts: I’m a queer, sex-positive Black girl, 3rd degree Black Belt and Golden Gloves Boxing champ, and a non-coffee drinking Virgo.