Fred Johnson is responsible for casting some of the hottest videos featured on major music channels, including MTV, VH1, and BET. With a repertoire that spans every music genre from rap to hip-hop to pop-rock, Johnson specializes in delivering memorable images and special moments. He has worked with leading hip-hop artists Kanye West, 50 Cent, T.I., Outkast, Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliot, Ludacris, Pharrell, LL Cool J, as well as pop stars and punk-pop bands such as Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas, the Pussycat Dolls, the Veronicas, Hoobastank, Sugarcult, Clay Aiken, and Panic! At the Disco. Johnson has also worked his casting magic on videos for influential R&B artists like Destiny’s Child, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, John Legend, Faith Evans, Thicke, Ashanti, and Ruben Studdard.

His extensive resume boasts collaborations with notable music video directors such as Paul Hunter, Francis Lawrence, David LaChapelle, Brian Barber, Chris Robinson, Benny Boom, Nzingha Stewart, and Diane Martel, Eric White, Ray Kay, all credited with helming some of the most groundbreaking and iconic hip-hop and pop music videos of the last fifteen years.

Indeed, Johnson’s roots in the entertainment industry run deep. Aside from the realm of music videos, he has cast popular television shows including Nick Cannon’s “Wild ‘N Out” (MTV), Jamie Kennedy’s “Blowin’ Up” (MTV), the Wayans’ Brothers “Life and Times of Marcus Felony Brown”, the BET Awards and MTV Awards (BET/MTV), and “The Foxx Sketch Comedy Show” (FX). He has also worked with major studios such as Universal, Fox, and Paramount, and excelled in commercial and print work for companies and brands ranging from Honey Nut Cheerios, Axe Body Spray, Monday Night Football, Coors Light and Reebok to esteemed entertainment publications such as Trace Magazine, The Source and King. Fred has worked with many designers and clothing lines such as Christian Audiger, Ed Hardy, Karl Kani, Yana K, 7 Jeans; and clients such as Skin Tight Beauty, Kissable Couture, Kool, and Interscope, providing models for their promotional events and national advertisements.

Johnson has casted feature films as well. The first “Who’s Deal” stars Tamala Jones, Elise Neal, Jackie Long, Angell Conwell and rapper Jim Jones. The second, Boss’n Up, is directed by Pook Brown and stars Snoop Dogg. Fred is currently producing and casting for two films and has another in pre-production: the first, is I.E. which Johnson has just attached Bookeem Woodbine, Sticky Fingaz , Brian Hooks, as well as other stars.

Fred has a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Microbiology from Howard University in Washington, DC. He attended Dental School at Temple University in for two years before matriculating to Hollywood. He served as class president his first year at Temple. He has a member of the honor society since high school.

There’s no telling where Fred Johnson will branch out next; the sky – or perhaps more appropriately, the screen – is the limit