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
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)
- American Fiction ... (Executive Producer)
- Fair Play ... (Executive Producer)
- Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre as Self
- The Space Western of the Southwest
2022
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ... (Director)
- Scream as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Metal Lords ... (Thanks)
- Blood Relatives ... (Thanks)
2021
- Last Night in Soho ... (Thanks)
- tick, tick... BOOM! ... (Thanks)
- Variety Studio: Directors on Directors as Self
2020
- Capone ... (Thanks)
2019
- Knives Out ... (Director)
- Scare Package ... (Thanks)
2018
- Destroyer ... (Thanks)
- Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle as Self
- The Force of Sound as Self
- The Director and the Jedi as Self
- Balance of the Force as Self
- The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs
2017
- Baby Driver ... (Thanks)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi ... (Writer)
2016
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Imperial Technician (uncredited)
- The Hollars ... (Thanks)
- The Invitation ... (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 Himself
- Out of Print as Self
- Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk ... (Thanks)
2013
- The World's End ... (Thanks)
- No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
- The English Teacher ... (Thanks)
- Welcome to the Jungle ... (Thanks)
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
- Greater Than a Tiger ... (Editor)
- Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! ... (Writer)
1995
- Omaha (The Movie) ... (Production Assistant)
- Cleaning the Pool ... (Director)
1993
- Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!! as The Whacky Protagonist
1990
- Ninja Ko: The Origami Master ... (Director)