Aaron Kim Johnston

Directing

Aaron Kim Johnston

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Aaron Kim Johnston, a highly regarded filmmaker with over three decades of industry experience, has excelled as a writer, director, and producer in various distinguished projects. Notable works include the internationally acclaimed theatrical features 'For The Moment' with Russell Crowe and 'The Last Winter,' distributed by 20th Century Fox. His co-production endeavours encompass award-winning productions like the Gemini Award-winning mini-series 'The Arrow,' featuring Dan Aykroyd and Christopher Plummer, and 'Fear X,' premiered at Sundance Film Festival, starring John Turturro. Johnston’s films have garnered global distribution and received prestigious accolades worldwide, including the Crystal Heart Award.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Tornado Valley poster
6.4

Liz McAdams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in danger once again as another devastating twister rapidly gains momentum. Caught in the path of destruction, Liz and her estranged husband struggle to save those they love...

Tornado Valley

2009

For the Moment poster
5.5

This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife (Christianne Hirt) whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot (Russell Crowe). The pilot has come to train in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of Canada. When the pilot, Lachlan, is not training, he is surreptitiously wooing Lill, the farmer's wife. At the other end of town, Betsy (Wanda Cannon) who supports her two kids by bootlegging, charges for her services. She gets involved with Zeek (Scott Kraft), an American flight instructor.

For the Moment

1993

Mistress Madeleine poster
8.0

Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. In protest, some Métis engage in trade with the Americans. Madeleine, the Métis common-law wife of a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, is torn between loyalty to her husband and loyalty to her brother, a freetrader. Even more shattering, a change in company policy destroys Madeleine's happy and secure life, forcing her to re-evaluate her identity.

Mistress Madeleine

1986

Mistress Madeleine poster
8.0

Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. In protest, some Métis engage in trade with the Americans. Madeleine, the Métis common-law wife of a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, is torn between loyalty to her husband and loyalty to her brother, a freetrader. Even more shattering, a change in company policy destroys Madeleine's happy and secure life, forcing her to re-evaluate her identity.

Mistress Madeleine

1986

Heart Land poster
7.0

HEART LAND takes viewers from a raging white-water kayaking ride and the thundering heat of a chuckwagon race, to swooping over a field of magnificent sunflowers and the magic of a solar eclipse. There are landscapes of unparalleled beauty, the exquisite grace of Evelyn Hart and Andre Lewis dancing Norbert Vesak's award winning pas-de-deux, "Belong", a hilarious animated sequence by Richard Condie, and touching images, past and present, of the people who have dared to carve out a new life against a vast, and sometimes unforgiving landscape.

Heart Land

1987

The Last Winter poster
6.3

Tells the story of a young man's struggle to keep his world from changing. Placed in the rural setting of the mid 1950s.

The Last Winter

1989

The Crown Prince poster
10.0

Frank Robinson abuses his wife verbally and batters her physically, with frightening consequences not only for her, but also for their sons, Billy and Freddy. This thought-provoking drama delves into the complexities teenagers encounter when faced with such issues, highlighting the beginning of a healing journey for this family.

The Crown Prince

1988

The Crown Prince poster
10.0

Frank Robinson abuses his wife verbally and batters her physically, with frightening consequences not only for her, but also for their sons, Billy and Freddy. This thought-provoking drama delves into the complexities teenagers encounter when faced with such issues, highlighting the beginning of a healing journey for this family.

The Crown Prince

1988