Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead
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Directed by	Kirsten Johnson
Written by	Nels Bangerter Kirsten Johnson
Produced by	Katy Chevigny Marilyn Ness
Cinematography	Kirsten Johnson
Edited by	Nels Bangerter
Production company	Big Mouth Productions
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	January 25, 2020 (2020-01-25) (Sundance) October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) (United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dick Johnson Is Dead is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who suffers from dementia, portraying different ways—some of them violent "accidents"—in which he could ultimately die. In each scenario, the elderly Johnson plays along with his daughter's black humor and imaginative fantasies.^[1] The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. It was released on Netflix on October 2, 2020.