David Matthew Johnson, also known as The Octopus, is the award winning director of Ode to The Whale of Christ and founder of the Octopus Marquee. As a filmmaker, The Octopus focuses on creating unique passion projects that allegorically expresses himself. As a producer, The Octopus strives to work with Auteurs to share their vision. As a festival director (of the Octopus Marquee Independent Film Festival), The Octopus focuses on shining a spotlight on underground artists and oddballs who create one of a kind pieces. David Matthew Johnson loves cinema.

"I try to look at movies less like a book and more like a sculpture or a building. All these scenes, pieces of film or digital media being sculpted together with attributed sound and narrative to create a complete work of art. From beginning to end. A moving painting. What is being said and shown? Why is it formed this way? Why make that edit? Do the performances fit or leave the piece unbalanced? I enjoy floating though the story and appreciating the journey it takes me on, but I appreciate it for the mass in front of me, as a whole. Physical and the soul of its form.

My goal is to construct wonders to be gazed upon. Cathedrals in honor of Cinema, where we can all worship. The dwellings we can call home and the houses we can rest in. " - The Octopus, David Matthew Johnson