Rian Johnson
- Directing
- December 17, 1973 · Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Place in Hell · Producer
- The Only Living Pickpocket in New York · Executive producer
- The Hawk · Executive producer
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery · Producer, Writer
- Frankenstein · Thanks
- Netflix Tudum 2025 · Self
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames · Self
- 3 Body Problem · Executive producer
- American Fiction · Executive producer
- Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre · Self
- Fair Play · Executive producer
- The Space Western of the Southwest
- Poker Face · Executive producer, Writer
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Director, Producer
- Blood Relatives · Thanks
- Metal Lords · Thanks
- Scream · Party Guest (voice) (uncredited), Thanks
- tick, tick... BOOM! · Thanks
- Last Night in Soho · Thanks
- Directors on Directors · Self
- Capone · Thanks
- Knives Out · Director, Producer
- Scare Package · Thanks
- Destroyer · Thanks
- The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs
- Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle · Self
- The Director and the Jedi · Self
- Balance of the Force · Self
- The Force of Sound · Self
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi · Writer, Director
- Baby Driver · Thanks
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · Imperial Technician (uncredited), Thanks
- The Hollars · Thanks
- The Invitation · Thanks
- Tales of Halloween · Thanks
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Out of Print · Self
- BoJack Horseman · Brian (Voice)
- The Real History of Science Fiction · Self
- Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk · Thanks
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad · Self
- The World's End · Thanks
- The English Teacher · Thanks
- Welcome to the Jungle · Thanks
- Looper · Writer, Director
- The Outsider: A Looper's Story · Thanks
- The Woman · Songs
- Brawler · Thanks
- Terriers · Director
- The Life of the World to Come · Director
- The Brothers Bloom · Writer, Director
- Spike · Thanks
- Breaking Bad · Director
- Building Brick · Self, Camera Operator
- Brick · Director, Editing
- Escargots · Camera Operator
- May · Editing
- People Are Dead · Thanks
- The Psychology of Dream Analysis · Director, Writer
- Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing · Director
- Phyfutima · Camera Operator
- Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! · Writer, Director
- Greater Than a Tiger · Editing
- Cleaning the Pool · Director, Writer
- Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!! · The Whacky Protagonist, Director
- Untitled Gene Kelly Project · Producer
- 2034 · Producer
- Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film · Director, Writer
- Turpentine · Producer
- Disinherited · Executive producer