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Rian Johnson

Rian Johnson

Director · Born 1973-12-17 · Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

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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 influenti…

Directed

  1. Breaking Bad (2008) — Director
  2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) — Director
  3. Knives Out (2019) — Director
  4. Looper (2012) — Director
  5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) — Director
  6. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) — Director
  7. Brick (2006) — Director
  8. The Brothers Bloom (2008) — Director
  9. Poker Face (2023) — Director
  10. Terriers (2010) — Director
  11. Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! (1997) — Director
  12. The Psychology of Dream Analysis (2002) — Director
  13. Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing (2001) — Director
  14. Ninja Ko: Origami Master (1990) — Director
  15. Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!! (1993) — Director
  16. Cleaning the Pool (1995) — Director
  17. The Life of the World to Come (2010) — Director
  18. Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Imperial Technician (uncredited)
  2. Scream (2022) — Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
  3. BoJack Horseman (2014) — Brian (voice)
  4. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self - Guest
  5. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  6. No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013) — Self
  7. The Director and the Jedi (2018) — Self
  8. Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023) — Self
  9. The Real History of Science Fiction (2014) — Self
  10. Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025) — Self
  11. Out of Print (2014) — Self
  12. Balance of the Force (2018) — Self
  13. The Force of Sound (2018) — Self
  14. Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!! (1993) — The Whacky Protagonist
  15. Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024) — Self
  16. Building Brick (2006) — Self
  17. The Space Western of the Southwest (2023)
  18. The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs (2018)
  19. Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle (2018) — Self
  20. Directors on Directors (2021) — Self