Synopsis

Randall Jahnson is a freelance screenwriter, film director, and teacher active in a variety of media.

As a screenwriter Jahnson has logged more than 25 years in the trenches of Hollywood, delivering scripts for both the large and small screens; in both studio and independent realms; in genres from horror to historical.

His feature credits include The Doors (as "J. Randal Johnson"), Dudes, The Mask of Zorro, and Sunset Strip, plus episodes of the HBO cable TV series Tales from the Crypt.

He also wrote Gun, an epic Western video game, which was voted Best Story at the 2005 IGN Video Game Awards.

Other forms of visual storytelling - graphic novels and children’s books, especially - have inspired him to create Slaughter Alley, an on-going experimental narrative.

In the pioneering days of MTV, Jahnson directed videos for recording artists such as rocker-raconteur Henry Rollins, punk iconoclasts Black Flag, singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway, and the legendary Minutemen.

Later he established a "mini-indie" record label that was run from his Los Angeles garage. Blue Yonder Sounds released four albums: Civilization and its Discotheques by The Fibonaccis; Bigger than Breakfast by Portland, Oregon's Slack; Three Gals, Three Guitars from The Del Rubio Triplets; and Motel Cafe by nomadic poet Michael C Ford.

Drawing from his decades of professional experience, Jahnson teaches privately in the Portland, Oregon area. His on-going Monday Night Class, designed for the intermediate to advanced screenwriter, focuses on the nuances of the craft and expanding the writer’s visual vocabulary.

For those outside the Portland area he offers “Hollywood Is Everywhere,”
a series of classes in which he brings together aspiring screenwriters
of similar skill levels but in different locations and Time Zones for a weekly class on Skype. International students are welcome.

He conducts individual critiques as well.