Tiffany Johnson

Directing

Tiffany Johnson

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Tiffany J. Johnson is a television director. She trained in the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, where she directed the short film Marabou. Her first short, Ladylike, a collaboration with Nicholas P. Williams, screened at multiple festivals and won the Director’s Choice Award at the Diversity in Cannes showcase. Over time, she has built a reputation for bringing stylised visual storytelling and perspectives centred on Black characters to film and television. In television, Johnson has directed episodes for series such as Black Monday (2019), Dear White People (2017), Boomerang (2019), Twenties (2020), The Last O.G. (2018), and SOLOS (2021). In How to Die Alone (2024),…

Known for

Behind the camera

Ladylike poster
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Ladylike is a modern day noir that follows Vaughan and Harlan, two vintage vixens who have a penchant for retro… and retribution. Not only are they bosom buddies, Vaughan and Harlan’s disturbing pastime makes them a gruesome twosome.

Ladylike

2014

Ladylike poster
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Ladylike is a modern day noir that follows Vaughan and Harlan, two vintage vixens who have a penchant for retro… and retribution. Not only are they bosom buddies, Vaughan and Harlan’s disturbing pastime makes them a gruesome twosome.

Ladylike

2014

Ladylike poster
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Ladylike is a modern day noir that follows Vaughan and Harlan, two vintage vixens who have a penchant for retro… and retribution. Not only are they bosom buddies, Vaughan and Harlan’s disturbing pastime makes them a gruesome twosome.

Ladylike

2014

Marabou poster
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With days to live, legendary drag queen Marabou Larrieux reflects on her legacy during one last interview, leading up to her greatest confession of all.

Marabou

2018

The Beauty of Blackness poster
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In 1973, Eunice Johnson, the founder of Ebony and Jet, launched the first national cosmetics brand created exclusively for Black women. This film chronicles Fashion Fair’s past, and follows its new leadership as they reinvent the brand.

The Beauty of Blackness

2022

Dead. Gay. Fictional poster
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Charlie would rather stay in reading classic literature or watching a documentary than hit the bars trying to meet the so-called "man of her dreams." In fact, she's always telling her man-eater best friend Madeline that all the guys worth dating are either dead, gay, or fictional. When Madeline drags Charlie to a unique singles mixer, Charlie meets a bunch of guys who are just her type-and is surprised by what she finds.

Dead. Gay. Fictional

2020

Girl Callin' poster
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Edibles, vape pens, diner food…all failed attempts to remedy an epic hangover for OG best buds Pari and Ronald during their time at the Last Chance Café.

Girl Callin'

2020