Rian Johnsonborn 1973

usually

Director

Popularity

2.9

Famous

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.

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The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom

2008

Adventure • Comedy • Drama • Romance

Director

6.6
1.6
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom

2008

Adventure • Comedy • Drama • Romance

Writer

6.6
1.6
May
May

2003

Comedy • Drama • Horror

Editor

6.6
1.5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

Director

0
1.8
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

Writer

0
1.8
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

Producer

0
1.8
American Fiction
American Fiction

2023

Comedy • Drama

Executive Producer

7.3
2.9
Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives

2022

Comedy • Horror

Thanks

4.7
0.4
Metal Lords
Metal Lords

2022

Comedy • Drama • Music

Thanks

6.9
1.6
Scream
Scream

2022

Horror • Mystery

Thanks

6.7
10.9
tick, tick... BOOM!
tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

Drama • Music

Thanks

7.6
1.9
Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho

2021

Horror • Mystery

Thanks

7.3
3.7
Capone
Capone

2020

Crime • Drama

Thanks

5
2
Scare Package
Scare Package

2019

Comedy • Horror

Thanks

5.6
0.9
Destroyer
Destroyer

2018

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

Thanks

5.9
1.6
Baby Driver
Baby Driver

2017

Action • Crime

Thanks

7.4
9.1
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

Thanks

7.5
24.2
Looper
Looper

2012

Action • Science Fiction • Thriller

Director

6.9
6.4
Looper
Looper

2012

Action • Science Fiction • Thriller

Writer

6.9
6.4
The Woman
The Woman

2011

Drama • Horror

Songs

6
1.4
The Life of the World to Come
The Life of the World to Come

2010

Documentary • Music

Director

0
0.1
Building Brick
Building Brick

2006

Documentary

Camera Operator

3
0.3
Brick
Brick

2006

Drama • Mystery

Director

6.8
2.1
Brick
Brick

2006

Drama • Mystery

Editor

6.8
2.1
Escargots
Escargots

2006

Drama

Camera Operator

0
0.2
The Psychology of Dream Analysis
The Psychology of Dream Analysis

2002

Drama • Fantasy

Director

5.5
0.1
The Psychology of Dream Analysis
The Psychology of Dream Analysis

2002

Drama • Fantasy

Writer

5.5
0.1
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!

1997

Comedy • Thriller

Writer

5.7
0.1
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!

1997

Comedy • Thriller

Director

5.7
0.1
Untitled Gene Kelly Project
0
0.2
Fair Play
Fair Play

2023

Drama • Romance • Thriller

Executive Producer

6.3
4.3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

Director

7.1
5.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

Writer

7.1
5.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

Producer

7.1
5.5
Knives Out
Knives Out

2019

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

Director

7.8
12.3
Knives Out
Knives Out

2019

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

Producer

7.8
12.3
Knives Out
Knives Out

2019

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

Writer

7.8
12.3
Paris 9/19
Paris 9/19

2019

Documentary

Director

0
0.1
Paris 9/19
Paris 9/19

2019

Documentary

Editor

0
0.1
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

Writer

6.8
16
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

Director

6.8
16
The Hollars
The Hollars

2016

Comedy • Drama • Romance

Thanks

6.3
0.8
The Invitation
The Invitation

2016

Horror • Thriller

Thanks

6.4
4.4
Tales of Halloween
Tales of Halloween

2015

Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Horror • Thriller

Thanks

5.8
0.7
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk

2014

Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Horror • Science Fiction

Thanks

2
0.2
Don Jon
Don Jon

2013

Comedy • Drama • Romance

Thanks

6
5.4
The World's End
The World's End

2013

Action • Comedy • Science Fiction

Thanks

6.8
3.1
The English Teacher
The English Teacher

2013

Comedy • Drama • Romance

Thanks

5.6
1.6
Welcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle

2013

Comedy

Thanks

5
1.1
The Outsider: A Looper's Story
The Outsider: A Looper's Story

2012

Science Fiction

Thanks

1
0
Brawler
Brawler

2011

Drama

Thanks

4.2
0.6
Page 439
Page 439

2009

Director

0
0.1
Page 439
Page 439

2009

Editor

0
0.1
Spike
Spike

2008

Fantasy • Horror • Romance • Science Fiction

Thanks

2.2
0.8
Building Brick
Building Brick

2006

Documentary

Thanks

3
0.3
Brick
Brick

2006

Drama • Mystery

Writer

6.8
2.1
People Are Dead
People Are Dead

2002

Drama

Thanks

0
0.1
Phyfutima
Phyfutima

1998

Comedy

Camera Operator

0
0
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!

1997

Comedy • Thriller

Editor

5.7
0.1
Greater Than a Tiger
Greater Than a Tiger

1997

Fantasy

Editor

0
0
Omaha (The Movie)
Omaha (The Movie)

1995

Comedy

Production Assistant

7
0.1
Cleaning The Pool
Cleaning The Pool

1995

Director

0
0.1
Cleaning The Pool
0
0.1
Untitled AI Thriller
Untitled AI Thriller

Science Fiction • Thriller

Producer

0
0.1
Ninja Ko
Ninja Ko

1990

Director

0
0.1
Ninja Ko
Ninja Ko

1990

Writer

0
0.1

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