Randall Jahnson is a freelance screenwriter, film director, and teacher active in a variety of media.

In the pioneering days of MTV, Jahnson directed videos for recording artists such as rocker-raconteur Henry Rollins, punk iconoclasts Black Flag, singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway, and the legendary Minutemen.

His feature credits include The Doors (as "J. Randal Johnson"), Dudes, The Mask of Zorro, and Sunset Strip, plus episodes of the HBO cable TV series Tales from the Crypt.

He also wrote Gun, an epic Western video game, which was voted Best Story at the 2005 IGN Video Game Awards.