Biography and education
Johnny McAllister is an award-winning writer, director and producer from Donegal, Ireland via the Middle East and elsewhere. He has written on over a dozen film and TV projects for the likes of Warner Brothers and Starz and have played at festivals such as Cannes, Sundance and SXSW. Johnny co-wrote and executive produced the feature film BULL which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 and more recently won the top three awards at the Deauville American Film Festival.
Johnny’s most recent collaboration with Annie Silverstein, was an Untitled Joshua Jackson Project produced by Ava Duvernay in 2023. Another TV pilot he wrote with Annie Silverstein, STORM, is out with Josh McGlaughlin (Phantom Thread, BlacKkKlansman) attached to produce. Johnny just locked picture on Huntsville, a short drama he co-wrote and directed in 2024.
Repped by CAA and Mosaic, Johnny was a Sundance Institute fellow in 2016, received his MFA from Columbia University in 2005 and is currently associate professor and head of the film program at Texas State University.
Johnny’s most recent collaboration with Annie Silverstein, was an Untitled Joshua Jackson Project produced by Ava Duvernay in 2023. Another TV pilot he wrote with Annie Silverstein, STORM, is out with Josh McGlaughlin (Phantom Thread, BlacKkKlansman) attached to produce. Johnny just locked picture on Huntsville, a short drama he co-wrote and directed in 2024.
Repped by CAA and Mosaic, Johnny was a Sundance Institute fellow in 2016, received his MFA from Columbia University in 2005 and is currently associate professor and head of the film program at Texas State University.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- McAllister, John Joseph. REP Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: September 2024 - September 2025). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Writer, Director, Editor, Huntsville. December 1, 2022 - December 30, 2024.
- Writer, Executive Producer, Bull.
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2019.
Showings:
- Cannes Film Festival. May 13, 2019 - May 20, 2019 Un Certain Regard, Cannes, France.
- (Curated).
- Producer, Booger Red.
2014.
Showings:
- American Film Festival in Poland. 2016 Sarasota FF et al.
- Austin Film Festival. 2016 Austin.
- Producer and Co-writer, Whaling City. 2010 - 2011.
- Writer, Be Quiet. 2005.
Featured service activities
- Other
School of Theatre, Dance and Film
- Other
Department of Theatre and Dance
- Other
- Other
Film Area