Jamie Johnson (filmmaker)

Jamie Johnson
Born	James Wittenborn Johnson 1979 (age 37–38)
Education	Pingry School New York University (B.A., 2003)
Occupation	Filmmaker, socialite, journalist, fashion designer
Parent(s)	James Loring "Jimmy" Johnson Gretchen Wittenborn Johnson

James Wittenborn "Jamie" Johnson (born 1979) is an American heir-apparent, filmmaker, and socialite. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson). He has also worked as a journalist and as a fashion designer.

Johnson was born in 1979 to James Loring Johnson, a Johnson & Johnson heir, and Gretchen Wittenborn Johnson, sister of screenwriter and novelist Dirk Wittenborn. Johnson grew up with his four older sisters and a brother on a New Jersey estate. He graduated from Pingry School, a preparatory school in Martinsville, New Jersey. He graduated with a B.A. from the Gallatin School at New York University in 2003, where he studied Medieval history,American history, and filmmaking.

In 2003, his documentary film Born Rich premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It discussed his experience and the experiences of 10 other young heirs of growing up with inherited wealth. There were sold-out screenings of the film in New York City for weeks. It was broadcast on television by HBO and nominated for two Emmy Awards including "Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming" for Johnson and "Outstanding Nonfiction Special" for Johnson as one of the producers.

In 2006, Johnson's second film, The One Percent, premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The documentary examines the system that allows a growing wealth gap in America, focusing on the one per cent of Americans who control 40 per cent of this country’s wealth. The film featured Robert Reich, Bill Gates Sr., Milton Friedman, and many others coming from various socioeconomic strata, including residents of Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing project and Hurricane Katrina victims. The film premiered on television on HBO's Cinemax in 2008.

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