Rian Johnson
Directing
Born 1973-12-17
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
73 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Breaking Bad
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with James Corden
BoJack Horseman
Frankenstein
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Knives Out
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Poker Face
3 Body Problem
The Hawk
Baby Driver
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Scream
Looper
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Last Night in Soho
The World's End
Fair Play
American Fiction
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Terriers
The Invitation
Welcome to the Jungle
The Real History of Science Fiction
Destroyer
Directors on Directors
Capone
Metal Lords
May
The Woman
The English Teacher
The Hollars
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Brick
The Brothers Bloom
Netflix Tudum 2025
2034
Tales of Halloween
The Director and the Jedi
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Scare Package
A Place in Hell
Disinherited
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Balance of the Force
Out of Print
Brawler
Untitled Gene Kelly Project
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
The Force of Sound
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Escargots
Turpentine
The Psychology of Dream Analysis
Blood Relatives
Omaha (The Movie)
People Are Dead
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Ninja Ko: Origami Master
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