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Alex Johns (August 23, 1966  August 7, 2010) was an American film and television producer. Johns is best known for his work as the co-executive producer of more than seventy episodes of the animated television series Futurama.^[1] He also the co-executive producer of the 2006 film, The Ant Bully.^[1][2]

Johns was born in Roseville, California, on August 23, 1966.^[1][2] He was the grandson of actor Steve Cochran (1917-1966).^[1] Johns graduated from Escalon High School in Escalon, California, in 1984.^[2] He attended both San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego.^[1]

He began his career in the film industry by colorizing classic black-and-white movies in the late 1980s.^[2] Johns was successful in this work despite the fact that he was colorblind, which he kept a professional secret.^[1] He began working in television in the 1990s on the series, The Ren & Stimpy Show.^[1]