Rian Johnson

Directing·Dec 17, 1973·Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

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Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film Brick (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller Looper (2012) to critical and commercial success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with Knives Out (2019) and its sequel Glass Onion (2022), both of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Additionally, Johnson is also known for directing three highly acclaimed episodes for the television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), namely "Ozymandias," "Fly," and "Fifty-One"; for the latter, he received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing—Drama Series in 2013. He also created a murder mystery series titled Poker Face for Peacock with Natasha Lyonne. Johnson was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rian Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
A Place in Hell2027 · Producer	Producer
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Netflix Tudum 20252025 · Self	Self
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames2024 · Self	Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre2023 · Self	Self
The Space Western of the Southwest2023 · Actor	Actor
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Scream2022 · Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)	Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
Knives Out2019 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
TThe Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs2018 · Actor	Actor
Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle2018 · Self	Self
The Director and the Jedi2018 · Self	Self
Balance of the Force2018 · Self	Self
The Force of Sound2018 · Self	Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016 · Imperial Technician (uncredited)	Imperial Technician (uncredited)
Out of Print2014 · Self	Self
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad2013 · Self	Self
Looper2012 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Life of the World to Come2010 · Director	Director
The Brothers Bloom2008 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
BBuilding Brick2006 · Self	Self
Brick2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Psychology of Dream Analysis2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing2001 · Director	Director
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!1997 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Cleaning the Pool1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!1993 · The Whacky Protagonist, Director, Writer	The Whacky Protagonist, Director, Writer
Ninja Ko: Origami Master1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
UUntitled Gene Kelly ProjectProducer	Producer
22034Producer	Producer
UUntitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson FilmDirector, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
TTurpentineProducer	Producer