Directing
Mika Johnson
Place of birth
San Diego, California, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Mika Johnson specializes in creating multimedia works and immersive installations, where dream-like narratives, mythology, ritual, and ecology intersect. He also directs both fiction and documentary projects. As a Somatic Experiencing therapist, in training, the goal of Johnson's work is to create presence and embodiment. His immersive installations have been showcased in over 40 countries and his films have received numerous awards at festivals, including Best Feature Film Director at the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival (2020), Best Experimental Short at Reel 13 (2016), and Bes Medium Length Film at the Mirror Mountain Festival (2015). Johnson’s first XR project, VRwandlung (2…
Known for
NRA sexually frustrated journalist researches a group of men who leave society behind for life inside a cardboard box.
Confessions of a Box Man
2020
NRA young woman moves to Tokyo. Her quest to find spiritual values hidden in the modern city leads her to take photographs and ends in a pilgrimage to a remote cemetery in the mountains. Shot amongst the neon lights and crowds of Tokyo and the ancient graves and forestry in the Buddhist monastery town of Koyasan, The Mountain of Signs is a film homage to the essay form of zuihitsu in traditional Japanese literature. Its nameless female protagonist illustrates her surroundings through a diaristic monologue that combines poetry and philosophy.
The Mountain of Signs
2003
NRA traveling installation that imagines the future of libraries as interactive spaces, engaging visitors by multi-sensory forms of storytelling. It embed human stories within a grander narrative, one with birth of our planet and evolution.
The Infinite Library
2022
Behind the camera
NRA sexually frustrated journalist researches a group of men who leave society behind for life inside a cardboard box.
Confessions of a Box Man
2020
NRA sexually frustrated journalist researches a group of men who leave society behind for life inside a cardboard box.
Confessions of a Box Man
2020
NRA young woman moves to Tokyo. Her quest to find spiritual values hidden in the modern city leads her to take photographs and ends in a pilgrimage to a remote cemetery in the mountains. Shot amongst the neon lights and crowds of Tokyo and the ancient graves and forestry in the Buddhist monastery town of Koyasan, The Mountain of Signs is a film homage to the essay form of zuihitsu in traditional Japanese literature. Its nameless female protagonist illustrates her surroundings through a diaristic monologue that combines poetry and philosophy.
The Mountain of Signs
2003
NRA traveling installation that imagines the future of libraries as interactive spaces, engaging visitors by multi-sensory forms of storytelling. It embed human stories within a grander narrative, one with birth of our planet and evolution.
The Infinite Library
2022