Alan Johnson
February 18, 1937
July 7, 2018 (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Director, Choreographer
1957–2018
Relationship with Mel Brooks[edit]
Johnson choreographed musical numbers in several Brooks films, such as the infamous "Springtime for Hitler" number in The Producers, the "Spanish Inquisition" dance number from the film, History of the World, Part I and "Puttin' On the Ritz" in Young Frankenstein. Johnson also directed Brooks in the 1983 film To Be or Not to Be.[2]