‏Susan Johnston‏

Susan Johnston, known as a Media Futurist, is President of Select Services Films, Inc. an award winning production company which is also certified DBE, has a casting division and is Founder/Director of New Media Film Festival. As a kid, Susan was on the set of the 1st Great Gatsby where she met Robert Redford while her father was handling the antique cars. From there, she worked on every production she could garnering experience in every department of filmmaking. Her first film a 35mm color film noir short Room 32 which won two awards, received distribution and was requested by Spiderman 3 for their production team.

Susan founded the critically acclaimed New Media Film Festival ® in 2009 to honor stories worth telling in the ever changing landscape of media, New Media. Legendary judges cull over the content for the annual festival in Los Angeles that offers screening, competition ($45k in awards) and distribution opportunities. Currently there are over 600 titles in their library.

Johnston has a background in the traditional film and TV industry, but has also become known in recent years as a pioneering new media producer including Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo panel for Independent Creators, Co-Producing Feature Film Dreams Awake & currently producing the Marvel Comic feature Prey: Origin of the Species. While the Industry was changing from standard def to HD Johnston produced the 1stseries for mobile, Mini-Bikers the 1st live stream talk show on HD with a Panasonic Varicam and tested the Panasonic DVX100 which led to some changes on the DVX100A and was on a committee to develop the SAG Internet contract with Pierre Debs of SAG. Member of Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences (EMMYS), SAG/AFTRA, BMI, The Caucus of New Media Writer, Directors, Producers, SET Awards Board, Computer & Animation Society Board, Professor Emeritus New Media and was Knighted in 2017.

Recent Awards: 2018 Global Awards, Best Woman owned Film & TV Prod. Co 2018 Media Award, TMT Magazine Best Video Production Services CA State Business Awards: Best Arts & Entertainment Annual Event 2017 City of Los Angeles: Certificate of Appreciation Global Excellence Award: Most Outstanding Film TV Production Company Global Excellence Award: New Media Producer of the Year Los Angeles Award: Influential Businesswoman Los Angeles Award: Best Woman Owned TV Production Company Los Angeles Award for Excellence in Broadcast Media Services Most Influential Woman in Media Production Support US Company of the Year (Film & TV) - Select Services Films Inc. Women to Watch: Production Hub/WIF and Indiewire/Sydney Levine Women's History: Dedicated Servant of Global Change

In 2012 LinkedIn announced Susan Johnston was one of the top 10% profiles looked at out of 20MM. With over 80,000 on the monthly newsletter elist and over 2 million across social media, Susan Johnston has been touted as a Social Media expert and lent her expertise to Los Angeles Social Media Week, IFFS, Jackson Hole Science Conference, Moviola, A Brasov Romania conference & is proud to have spoken at such high level conferences as American Film Market, NAB & NATPE about new advancements in the social media/crowd funding space. Keynotes include- ITV-Plus Raleigh NC and 3rd Annual Computer & Animation Expo in Vegas both on the future of media. Recent Awards include: Winner of Influential Business Woman, Best Women Owned Film & TV Production Company CA, Best Video Production & Dedicated Servant to Global Change.

Prior to relocating to Los Angeles in 2000, Susan Johnston, a New England native, worked with the Providence & Rhode Island Film Commissions over 5 years to build the infrastructure used by the Farrelly brothers, as well as by director Michael Corrente, NBC's hit TV series Providence, and the New England Screenwriters Conference. She developed Context Media Studios International production capabilities as well as garnered funds before Senate Committee hearings and helped facilitate the 25% tax incentive for investors of films in Rhode Island. NewMediaFilmFestival SelectServicesFilms SusanJohnstonCasting