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Rian Johnson
Rian Johnson’s screen credits include director work on Knives Out and director and writer work on Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.
Born December 17, 1973 Silver Spring, Maryland, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
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About Rian Johnson
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. …
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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.
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- 2027A Place in HellProducerUpcoming
- 2026The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkProducer
- 2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2025Netflix Tudum 2025Self
- 2024Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesSelf
- 2023American FictionProducer
- 2023Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian TheatreSelf
- 2023Fair PlayProducer
- 2023The Space Western of the SouthwestActor
- 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2022ScreamParty Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- 2018Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space BattleSelf
- 2018The Last Jedi: Meet the PorgsActor
- 2018Balance of the ForceSelf
- 2018The Director and the JediSelf
- 2018The Force of SoundSelf
- 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryImperial Technician (uncredited)
- 2014Out of PrintSelf
- 2013No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking BadSelf
- 2012LooperDirector · Writer
- 2010The Life of the World to ComeDirector
- 2009The Brothers BloomDirector · Writer
- 2006Building BrickSelf
- 2006BrickDirector · Writer
- 2002The Psychology of Dream AnalysisDirector · Writer
- 2001Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile MarketingDirector
- 1997Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!Writer · Director
- 1995Cleaning the PoolDirector · Writer
- 1993Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!Writer · Director · The Whacky Protagonist
- 2034Producer
- TurpentineProducer
- Untitled Gene Kelly ProjectProducer
- Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson FilmDirector · Writer · Producer
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