Tiffany Johnson
Directing
Biography
Tiffany J. Johnson is a television director. She trained in the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, where she directed the short film Marabou. Her first short, Ladylike, a collaboration with Nicholas P. Williams, screened at multiple festivals and won the Director’s Choice Award at the Diversity in Cannes showcase. Over time, she has built a reputation for bringing stylised visual storytelling and perspectives centred on Black characters to film and television. In television, Johnson has directed episodes for series such as Black Monday (2019), Dear White People (2017), Boomerang (2019), Twenties (2020), The Last O.G. (2018), and SOLOS (2021). In How to Die Alone (2024), she directed episode five, “Trust No One,” and another episode in the season. Johnson has also directed and produced short and digital series work. Her short Girl Callin’ (2020) was nominated for Best U.S. Short at Palm Springs International ShortFest. The digital series Girls Room (2020) won the Tribeca X Award for Best Episodic Short Series. Her documentary or hybrid-genre film The Beauty of Blackness (2022) won the Tribeca X Award for Best Feature Film. Among her accolades, Johnson received the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for How to Die Alone (S1.E5 “Trust No One,” 2024). She was previously nominated for a 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for Black Monday (Episode: “Eight!,” 2021).
Known For
Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.
Poker Face
A diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City discover that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.
Hunters
Travel back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party and the glass ceiling.
Black Monday
Simon and Trevor, two actors at opposite ends of their careers, chase life-changing roles.
Wonder Man
Anthology series telling character-driven stories set at different moments in time, aiming to showcase that during people's most isolated moments, and in disparate circumstances, the human experience connects everyone.
Solos
Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba.
The Big Cigar
Explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson - one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture.
Mike
Ladylike is a modern day noir that follows Vaughan and Harlan, two vintage vixens who have a penchant for retro… and retribution. Not only are they bosom buddies, Vaughan and Harlan’s disturbing pastime makes them a gruesome twosome.
Ladylike
Edibles, vape pens, diner food…all failed attempts to remedy an epic hangover for OG best buds Pari and Ronald during their time at the Last Chance Café.
Girl Callin'
With days to live, legendary drag queen Marabou Larrieux reflects on her legacy during one last interview, leading up to her greatest confession of all.
Marabou
In 1973, Eunice Johnson, the founder of Ebony and Jet, launched the first national cosmetics brand created exclusively for Black women. This film chronicles Fashion Fair’s past, and follows its new leadership as they reinvent the brand.
The Beauty of Blackness
Charlie would rather stay in reading classic literature or watching a documentary than hit the bars trying to meet the so-called "man of her dreams." In fact, she's always telling her man-eater best friend Madeline that all the guys worth dating are either dead, gay, or fictional. When Madeline drags Charlie to a unique singles mixer, Charlie meets a bunch of guys who are just her type-and is surprised by what she finds.