He attended Bristol Eastern High School in Connecticut, where he started making Super 8 movies.
In 1972, he had jobs "building monsters" for five different amusement parks.
He later attended University of Southern California's film school, where he became a teaching assistant in animation and created some of the Monty Pythonesque animations for Nickelodeon's television series Out of Control.
[3]) From 1990 to 1995, he directed the *FunHouse* production group for Philips Media, and from 1996 to 2001, he consulted with Mattel, Warner Bros. and Disney for online puzzles and treasure hunts.
[1] In 2002, Johnson designed a $100,000 Challenge for the book Mysterious Stranger by street magician David Blaine.