Rian Johnson
Born: 1973-12-17 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Hawk ... (Executive Producer)
- The Only Living Pickpocket in New York ... (Executive Producer)
- A Place in Hell ... (Producer)
2025
- Frankenstein ... (Thanks)
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery ... (Producer)
- Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
2024
- 3 Body Problem ... (Executive Producer)
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as Self
2023
- Poker Face ... (Executive Producer)
- Fair Play ... (Executive Producer)
- American Fiction ... (Executive Producer)
- Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre as Self
- The Space Western of the Southwest
2022
- Scream as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ... (Director)
- Metal Lords ... (Thanks)
- Blood Relatives ... (Thanks)
2021
- Last Night in Soho ... (Thanks)
- Directors on Directors as Self
- tick, tick... BOOM! ... (Thanks)
2020
- Capone ... (Thanks)
2019
- Knives Out ... (Director)
- Scare Package ... (Thanks)
2018
- Destroyer ... (Thanks)
- The Director and the Jedi as Self
- The Force of Sound as Self
- Balance of the Force as Self
- Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle as Self
- The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs
2017
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi ... (Writer)
- Baby Driver ... (Thanks)
2016
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Imperial Technician (uncredited)
- The Invitation ... (Thanks)
- The Hollars ... (Thanks)
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Tales of Halloween ... (Thanks)
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Brian (voice)
- The Real History of Science Fiction as Self
- Out of Print as Self
- Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk ... (Thanks)
2013
- The World's End ... (Thanks)
- Welcome to the Jungle ... (Thanks)
- The English Teacher ... (Thanks)
- No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
2012
- Looper ... (Writer)
- The Outsider: A Looper's Story ... (Thanks)
2010
- Terriers ... (Director)
- The Life of the World to Come ... (Director)
2008
- Breaking Bad ... (Director)
- The Brothers Bloom ... (Writer)
- Spike ... (Thanks)
2006
- Brick ... (Director)
- Escargots ... (Camera Operator)
- Building Brick
2003
- May ... (Editor)
2002
- The Psychology of Dream Analysis ... (Director)
- People Are Dead ... (Thanks)
2001
- Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing ... (Director)
1998
- Phyfutima ... (Camera Operator)
1997
- Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! ... (Writer)
- Greater Than a Tiger ... (Editor)
1995
- Cleaning the Pool ... (Director)
- Omaha (The Movie) ... (Production Assistant)
1993
- Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!! as The Whacky Protagonist
1990
- Ninja Ko: Origami Master ... (Director)