Iain Johnstone was an English author, broadcaster and television producer.
11 Facts About Iain Johnstone
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Iain Johnstone was the film critic of The Sunday Times for twelve years and presenter of the Film 82 programme.
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Iain Johnstone was its original producer, and produced other British TV programmes such as the BBC Two chat show Friday Night, Saturday Morning, The Frost Interview and ran the BBC's Watergate coverage.
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Iain Johnstone co-wrote the film Fierce Creatures with John Cleese, and has made eight documentaries with Steven Spielberg, starting with The Jaws Report and including Steven and Stanley about Spielberg's collaboration with Stanley Kubrick.
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Iain Johnstone has made numerous other film documentaries about A Fish Called Wanda, Dustin Hoffman, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Superman and TV profiles of Muhammad Ali, Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson, Barbra Streisand, John Wayne and Marlon Brando.
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Iain Johnstone was a biographer of Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood.
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Iain Johnstone published the books, Streep: A Life in Film a biography of Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, the authorised biography of Tom Cruise, biographies on Dustin Hoffman and Clint Eastwood and three novels including Pirates of the Mediterranean.
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The book contains insights into movie stars and celebrities of the 20th Century where Iain Johnstone tells of his time both on set and at home with screen luminaries Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood and Barbra Streisand.
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Iain Johnstone reveals how he came to write a diary with Mel Gibson and spend time with Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
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Sophie Iain Johnstone had a bit part in A Fish Called Wanda at the age of six and presently works in television as a researcher.
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Iain Johnstone died on 4 May 2023, at the age of 80.