George Johnson has been producing award-winning films for the National Film Board since 1976, with more than 100 films and videos to his credit.

His recent productions include Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (2001), a film about the recruitment of teenage girls for the sex trade; Seeing Things, a Web site that invites users to explore, manipulate and interpret images associated with everyday places and objects; Sticks and Stones (2001), which investigates homophobic bullying in the schools; Flipping the World - Drugs Through a Blue Lens (2000), which documents the encounters between young addicts in various stages of recovery and a group of Vancouver high school students; and Legends sxwexwxiy'am: The Story of Siwash Rock (1999), a contemporary dramatization of a traditional Coast Salish myth, which won the First Prize Teueikan (drum) in the Creation category at the 10th annual Montreal First Peoples' Festival.

Other productions include A Love That Kills (1999), a powerful documentary that tells the tragic story of a 19-year-old woman who was murdered by her former boyfriend; Hanging Out (1999), a fast-paced video for teens about prejudice and stereotyping within an ethnocultural group; Colour Blind (1999), about subtle racism and its daily impact on teenagers in high school; Pocket Desert - Confessions of a Snake Killer (1999), a beautiful portrait of the last corner of the Canadian Wild West; Burns Bog - A Road Runs Through It (1999), which asks how we define the worth of land and water, peat and plants, when there is a profit to be made; Accident by Design: Creating and Discovering Beauty (1998), a documentary that explores the principles of aesthetics; Singing Our Stories (1998), which profiles some of the first ladies of North American indigenous music; and McGill, Mahler and Montreal (1998), a record of a landmark musical event.

A British Columbia native, George learned the basics of filmmaking during the early days of the Simon Fraser University Film Workshop in Vancouver. After graduating, he freelanced in all sectors of the film industry for the next 10 years and went on to establish his own editing/production company. He now focuses his energies on productions for the educational market.

In addition to producing scores of documentaries and educational films and videos, George also served as NFB co-producer on such feature films as American Boyfriend (1995), Harmony Cats (1995) and Cyberteens in Love (1995). He also directed Caravaners (1978), a documentary that takes an affectionate look at retired British Columbia couples travelling with Airstream trailers.

George has been involved in the development and production of a number of CD ROMs such as Defining Canada: Active Citizenship for the 21st Century (1999), Masks - Faces of the Pacific (1998) and Making History: Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion of 1885 (1997).