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Holiday Johnson- Director
Holiday Johnson is a mother and documentary
filmmaker and producer of environmental films. She is founder
of the Media Boutique in San Francisco CA, where she produced
alternative television programming and a number of full-length
features. In 2000, she founded Trillium Films in Sausalito CA,
a multi media production company of inspirational films, dedicated
to generate awareness and motivate action for the conservation
of the Earth’s remaining wild places.
In 2000, Holiday directed and produced a highly acclaimed documentary:
The Last Stand: Ancient Redwoods and
the Bottom Line, a compelling film unfolding the tragic
ramifications of a fifteen-year battle between environmentalists
and the timber industry over the fate of ancient coastal redwoods
in Northern California.
THE LAST STAND gained a wide national audience airing on PBS,
screened at the National Geographic Society and garnered numerous
awards at independent film festivals. The LAST STAND is still
actively used in Schools and University including the University
of California Berkeley. A trained dancer, Holiday also produced
and performed in an award winning performance art documentary
titled Trillium Forest, A
Walk Within, a creative and intriguing accompaniment to
The Last Stand.
Holiday hails from a long time maritime tradition, starting
at her grandfather’s knee, the famous Canadian racing yachtsmen,
Phillip Phelan.
Still an active sailor, Holiday sailed with her family on a
South Pacific voyage between 2001 & 2004, exploring scores
of islands, diving and documenting wildlife. She is currently
directing: Sharks: Stewards of the
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