Tiffany Johnson

Tiffany J. Johnson is a television director who 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).