Johanna Baldwin is an independent writer/producer whose work includes film, television, theatre and short stories.

 

Johanna’s career in the entertainment business began at CAA where she was first mentored by Bill Haber and then promoted to literary agent.

 

Her credits include: an original script, Venus & Mars that premiered on the BBC with actor Robson Green; producing an eight episode storytelling series for Trio Television entitled The Moth, featuring Fisher Stevens, Griffin Dunne and Adam Gopnik; co-producing the film, Someone Else’s America, with Tom Conti; and as an executive on the film, Sarafina, which starred Whoopi Goldberg.

 

Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications from the New York Times to London’s Evening Standard.

 

Current projects in production and development are as follows:

 

There Are No Soulmates, her original screenplay presently in casting for producers Russ Stratton (Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life - 2007 Peabody & WGA Best Doc Award Winner) and Amy Hobby (Secretary, Hamlet) that Agnieszka Holland (Secret Garden, Europa Europa, Copying Beethoven) will direct.

 

A Childproof Room, her stage play is scheduled to go into rehearsals in Fall 09.

The Funeral Makers as producer is working with Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae Films (The Duchess) alongside Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity) developing the book with author Cathie Pelletier that Liman plans to direct.

 

Johanna is also in development on various other projects including coauthoring a novel with Raymond Moody, MD, PhD, author of bestselling books that include Life After Life. 

 

Her short story collection is entitled Love is Transient.