Rian Johnson
Biography
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.
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Movies (42)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Director (Directing)
2025
Frankenstein
Thanks (Crew)
2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
2025
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
as Self
2024
American Fiction
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
as Self
2023
Fair Play
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
The Space Western of the Southwest
2023
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Director (Directing)
2022
Blood Relatives
Thanks (Crew)
2022
Metal Lords
Thanks (Crew)
2022
Scream
as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Thanks (Crew)
2021
Last Night in Soho
Thanks (Crew)
2021
Capone
Thanks (Crew)
2020
Knives Out
Director (Directing)
2019
Scare Package
Thanks (Crew)
2019
Destroyer
Thanks (Crew)
2018
The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs
2018
Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle
as Self
2018
The Director and the Jedi
as Self
2018
Balance of the Force
as Self
2018
The Force of Sound
as Self
2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Writer (Writing)
2017
Baby Driver
Thanks (Crew)
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Imperial Technician (uncredited)
2016
The Hollars
Thanks (Crew)
2016
The Invitation
Thanks (Crew)
2016
Tales of Halloween
Thanks (Crew)
2015
Out of Print
as Self
2014
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Thanks (Crew)
2014
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
2013
The World's End
Thanks (Crew)
2013
The English Teacher
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Welcome to the Jungle
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Looper
Director (Directing)
2012
The Outsider: A Looper's Story
Thanks (Crew)
2012
The Woman
Songs (Sound)
2011
Brawler
Thanks (Crew)
2011
The Life of the World to Come
Director (Directing)
2010
The Brothers Bloom
Director (Directing)
2008
Spike
Thanks (Crew)
2008
TV Shows (8)
3 Body Problem
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Poker Face
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Directors on Directors
as Self
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
BoJack Horseman
as Brian (voice)
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Terriers
Director (Directing)
2010