Randall Jahnson

{{short description|American writer, director and producer (born 1959)}} {{Distinguish|text=football player Randell Johnson}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Randall Jahnson | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = United States | other_names = J. Randal Johnson | occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|playwright|director|film producer|music video director}} | years_active = 1984–present }}

'''Randall Jahnson''' is an American writer, director and producer. His works include ''Dudes'' (1987), ''The Doors'' (1991), ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998), ''Sunset Strip'' (2000), and episodes of the HBO TV series ''Tales from the Crypt''. Also, Jahson co-wrote ''Dryads – Girls Don't Cry'' with Stan Hellevig, which was released in Norway in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://randalljahnson.com/dryads-girls-dont-cry/|title = Dryads - Girls Don't Cry - Randall Jahnson}}</ref> Jahnson also directed music videos for Stan Ridgway, Henry Rollins, Black Flag, and Minutemen. In 1987, he launched the independent record label Blue Yonder Sounds in Los Angeles. The label released four studio albums: ''Civilization and Its Discotheques'' by the Fibonaccis, ''Bigger than Breakfast'' by Slack, ''Three Gals, Three Guitars'' by Del Rubio Triplets, and ''Motel Cafe'' by Michael C. Ford.

He also wrote ''Gun'', a Western-themed video game which was voted Best Story at the 2005 ''IGN'' Video Game Awards.

==Filmography==

===Film=== * ''Dudes'' (1987) * ''The Doors'' (1991) * ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998) * ''Sunset Strip'' (2000) * ''Dryads – Girls Don't Cry'' (2015)

===Television=== * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1990–1992)

===Music videos=== * "This Ain't No Picnic", Minutemen (1984) * "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love", Minutemen (1984) * "King of the Hill", Minutemen (1985) * "Melrose Rap", Henry Rollins (1985) * "No Deposit, No Return", Henry Rollins (1985) * "Drinking and Driving", Black Flag (1986) * "Big Dumb Town", Stan Ridgway (1996) * "Knife and Fork", Stan Ridgway (1996)

===Video games=== * ''Gun'' (2005)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0415745}} * randalljahnson.com

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