James Wittenborn "Jamie" Johnson (born 1979) is an American film director

Film director

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, heir, and socialite

Socialite

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. He is a documentary filmmaker, and one of the great-grandsons of Robert Wood Johnson I

Robert Wood Johnson I

Robert Wood Johnson I was an American industrialist. He was also one of the three brothers who founded Johnson & Johnson.-Early life:...

 (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson

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).
Johnson's father is James Loring Johnson, who reads and paints landscapes. His mother is Gretchen Wittenborn Johnson. He is a graduate of the Pingry School

Pingry School

The Pingry School is a coeducational, independent, college preparatory country day school in New Jersey, with a Lower School campus in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, and a Middle and Upper School campus in Martinsville. The school was founded in 1861 by Dr. John F. Pingry.Pingry's...

, a preparatory school

Preparatory school

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 located in Martinsville, New Jersey

Martinsville, New Jersey

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. He attended New York University

New York University

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, where he majored in American history.
In 2003, Johnson made a documentary film

Documentary film

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 called Born Rich

Born Rich

Born Rich is a 2003 documentary about the experience of growing up as a child in one of the world's richest families. It was created by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune....

, which was purchased by HBO.