Synopsis

Randall Jahnson is a writer, director, artist, and teacher working in a variety of media.

As a freelance screenwriter, Jahnson has logged more than 25 years in the trenches of Hollywood, delivering scripts for both the large and small screens; in both the studio and independent realms; in genres ranging 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, a video game Western, which was voted Best Story at the 2005 IGN Video Game Awards.

Music has always played a vital role in his creative endeavors. In the pioneering days of MTV, Jahnson directed a number of videos for such independent artists as singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway, writer-raconteur Henry Rollins, punk iconoclasts Black Flag, 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.

Most recently the storytelling potential of the Internet has been Jahnson's focus, while graphic novels and children's books have inspired him to renew his childhood passion for drawing and painting. These interests have converged with his film making skills to create an on-going experimental narrative, Slaughter Alley.

Jahnson teaches too - both privately and at places like the Pacific Northwest College of Art, The Art Institute, and the Northwest Film Institute, all in Portland, Oregon.