Craig Johnson is an American screenwriter and film director."Second-Time Director: Craig Johnson and The Skeleton Twins"
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'', December 19, 2012. Originally from Bellingham,

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,Bellingham native Craig Johnson talks about new film, “The Skeleton Twins”
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'', September 22, 2014. he studied theatre at the

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and worked for several years in theatre, in sketch comedy and as an educational presenter at the

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. In 2002, he moved to

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to study filmmaking at the

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. His thesis project for that program, '' True Adolescents'', was released in 2009 as his first feature film. His second feature film, ''

The Skeleton Twins ''The Skeleton Twins'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Craig Johnson and starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. The film premiered in competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. It won the Screenwriting Award: ...

'', was released in 2014. Johnson is openly

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. On May 23, 2015, he married television writer Adam Roberts, his boyfriend of 9 years, in Los Angeles.

Filmography

* '' True Adolescents'' (2009) * ''

'' (2014) * '' Wilson'' (2017) * ''

Alex Strangelove ''Alex Strangelove'' is a 2018 American romantic comedy film, written and directed by Craig Johnson and starring Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale and Madeline Weinstein. The film had its world premiere at the San Francisco International Film F ...

'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2021), 4 episodes * '' The Parenting'' (TBA)

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* American male screenwriters American gay writers LGBT film directors LGBT screenwriters LGBT people from Washington (state) Writers from Bellingham, Washington University of Washington School of Drama alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni Living people Film directors from Washington (state) Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-stub