J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson captains the creative aspects of each Sinking Ship Entertainment series from development and production to writing and directing. After discovering Daniel Cook in 2002, J.J. went on to create, direct, write and co-produce This is Daniel Cook. Since then, he has created some of Canada's most popular children's programs including This is Emily Yeung, Are we there yet?: World Adventure, Roll Play and the Shaw Rocket Prize winning live-action/CGI series Dino Dan. J.J. has directed over 75 hours of children's programming that air in over 150 countries around the world. The Toronto Star recognized J.J. as one of Canada's top children's television producers and Playback listed him as one of the Top 10 to Watch in 2006. J.J. sits on the board as co-president of the Youth Media Alliance.

Works

Beyond Black Beauty

Young equestrian Jolie Dumont's Olympic dreams are dashed when her mother moves them from Europe to an urban ranch in Baltimore. An angry Jolie wants to escape until she bonds with a spirited horse named Black Beauty. Jolie will learn to embrace her heritage while continuing toward her Olympic-hopeful future and discover the value of family and home.

Release Date:2024-03-14

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:2

Jane

Budding environmentalist Jane is a 9-year-old on a quest to save endangered animals. Using her powerful imagination, Jane takes her best friends David and Greybeard the chimpanzee on epic adventures to help protect wild animals all around the world.

Release Date:2023-04-13

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:34

Lockdown

Lockdown is an event series that follows a group of bored quarantined teens working together online to solve a mystery involving one of their neighbors - a mystery which ultimately places them all in danger.

Release Date:2020-06-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:2

Dino Dana: The Movie

Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where are all the kid dinosaurs? But while working on the solution, her new neighbor Mateo is dino-napped by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it's up to Dana, her sister Saara, and Mateo's brother Jadiel to finish the experiment.

Release Date:2020-03-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:33

Endlings

In the near future, four foster kids encounter an alien being that travels the galaxy collecting the last animal of any species before they become extinct. After saving the final elephant, an accident causes the alien ship to crash into the foster kids' farm. Now its up to Johnny, Tabby, Finn and Julia to fix the alien's ship and get it and its invaluable cargo off of Earth before government agents find and capture them all.

Release Date:2020-01-05

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:24

Vote Count:9

Odd Tubes

The Odd Squad agents present short videos.

Release Date:2019-03-25

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:20

Odd Squad: World Turned Odd

To celebrate Ms. O's 100th anniversary, the agents go back in time to witness her last case as an agent. However, something goes wrong and they change the future for the worse.

Release Date:2018-01-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Dino Dana

Dana, a paleontologist in training, and her sister Emily embark on a series of adventures with dinosaurs.

Release Date:2017-05-26

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:12

Odd Squad: The Movie

The Odd Squad springs into action when a rival group called Weird Team starts to cover up problems instead of solving them.

Release Date:2016-08-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:24

Annedroids

Eleven-year old genius and kid-scientist Anne has invented and built her own amazing androids. Nick discovers Anne's secret junkyard laboratory and enlists the help of Shania to befriend Anne and her mechanical companions. Together they help solve Anne's scientific problems through real-life solutions.

Release Date:2014-07-25

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:52

Vote Count:5

With Truelove Showers

A security guard's act of kindness to a mysterious young homeless girl he discovers hiding in a freshly dug grave, ends up turning south as she manipulates him into exposing his sinful dark secret.

Release Date:2013-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Giver

Release Date:2012-05-01

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Dino Dan

Join paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson as he takes kids on a Jurassic journey to the land where lizards were as long as three school buses and terrifying T-Rex’s ruled.

Release Date:2009-05-25

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:8

Are We There Yet?: World Adventure

Are We There Yet?: World Adventure is a Canadian children's television show created by J.J. Johnson that features real-life siblings exploring the world. The show can be seen in 7-minute or 30-minute formats. The series premiered September 3, 2007, on Treehouse TV. Are We There Yet? is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with National Geographic Kids Entertainment and UNICEF.

Release Date:2007-09-03

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:80

Vote Count:1

This Is Daniel Cook

This Is Daniel Cook is a children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and TVO, and is shown in Canada on Treehouse TV, TVOkids, Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN. The series also airs on the Disney Channel, Disney Japan, and on ABC2. The series is about a child named Daniel Cook who learns new things and shares his experiences and adventures with other kids. For example, he learns about taekwondo, gymnastics, and animals. He also visits a fire station, a YMCA, and more. The show was filmed in Toronto, Ontario; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Every episode six minutes long, half-hour shows consist of five six-minute episodes. The series has been sold by Distribution360 to over eighty-five countries worldwide, and dubbed into fourteen languages.

Release Date:2004-09-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:131

Vote Count:2