Kenneth Johnson

Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942) is an American screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator of the television series V and The Incredible Hulk. His creative efforts are almost entirely concentrated in the area of television science fiction. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Johnson is a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. His early TV work includes The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and The Incredib... more

Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942) is an American screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator of the television series V and The Incredible Hulk. His creative efforts are almost entirely concentrated in the area of television science fiction. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Johnson is a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. His early TV work includes The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and The Incredible Hulk. Johnson created the character of Jaime Sommers and the Bionic Woman series. In 1983, he wrote and directed the original mini-series V, about an invasion of Earth by reptilian aliens. The mini-series aired on NBC, and a year later was followed by a sequel, V: The Final Battle, which Johnson briefly worked on before leaving the project due to disagreements with the network. Johnson was subsequently credited as a co-writer of the sequel mini-series under the pseudonym Lillian Weezer, and was not involved at all in the weekly V television... less