Editing Martin and Osa Johnson (section)

{{Short description|Married filmmaking duo}}
{{hatnote|For other people named Martin Johnson, see [[Martin Johnson (disambiguation)]]}}
[[File:Martin and Osa Johnson, 1936.jpg|thumb|upright|Martin and Osa Johnson]]
'''Martin Elmer Johnson''' (October 9, 1884 – January 13, 1937) and '''Osa Helen Johnson''' ([[née]] Leighty, March 14, 1894 – January 7, 1953) were married [[United States|American]] [[adventurers]] and [[documentary]] filmmakers. In the first half of the 20th century the couple captured the public's imagination through their films and books of adventure in exotic, faraway lands. Photographers, explorers, marketers, naturalists and authors, Martin and Osa studied the wildlife and peoples of East and Central Africa, the South [[Pacific Islands]] and British [[North Borneo]]. They explored then-unknown lands and brought back film footage and photographs, offering many Americans their first understanding of these distant lands.