Kirk Johnson

Kirk Johnson is an American paleontologist. He has worked at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

Ice Age Death Trap (2012)

In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts. The discovery opens a highly focused window on the vanished ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eleanor Grant
CAST:  Lance Lewman  •  Kirk Johnson  •  Daniel Fisher  •  Ian Miller

In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts. The discovery opens a highly focused window on the vanished ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eleanor Grant
CAST:  Lance Lewman  •  Kirk Johnson  •  Daniel Fisher  •  Ian Miller

Polar Extremes (2020)

Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange fossils found in all the wrong places—beech trees in Antarctica, hippo-like mammals in the Arctic—Johnson uncovers the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucy Haken
CAST:  Kirk Johnson

Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange fossils found in all the wrong places—beech trees in Antarctica, hippo-like mammals in the Arctic—Johnson uncovers the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucy Haken
CAST:  Kirk Johnson

Prehistoric Worlds (2020)

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look like? What catastrophes caused their disappearance? And how did our distant ancestors survive and give rise to the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis de Favitski
CAST:  Nick Schatzki  •  Kirk Johnson  •  Gaël Clément  •  Patrick De Wever

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look like? What catastrophes caused their disappearance? And how did our distant ancestors survive and give rise to the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis de Favitski
CAST:  Nick Schatzki  •  Kirk Johnson  •  Gaël Clément  •  Patrick De Wever

100.000 Acres of Pine (2020)

Ranger Megan Patel loses her brother, Daniel, under mysterious circumstances. Struggling to understand how he died, she finds herself alone, venturing into the vast pine forest. However, as she follows the trail of her brother into the woods, the trees begin to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Alice Wright
CAST:  Sarah Airriess  •  Jericca Cleland  •  Lawrence Marvit  •  Tobias Taastrom

Ranger Megan Patel loses her brother, Daniel, under mysterious circumstances. Struggling to understand how he died, she finds herself alone, venturing into the vast pine forest. However, as she follows the trail of her brother into the woods, the trees begin to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Alice Wright
CAST:  Sarah Airriess  •  Jericca Cleland  •  Lawrence Marvit  •  Tobias Taastrom