Becky Johnston
Biography
Becky Johnston is a No Wave filmmaker and screenwriter born in South Haven, Michigan. As a co-founder of Collaborative Projects in New York City, she created the influential Super 8 film Sleepless Nights (1979), which was screened at MoMA in 2018 and reimagines the film noir detective genre. She also contributed to several notable films, including Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) and Under the Cherry Moon (1986).