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), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and its sequel, Glass Onion (2022).
Outside of film, Johnson directed three episodes of the television drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013). He received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series in 2013 for his work on the season 5 episode "Fifty-One".
Filmography
all 62
Movies 54
self 12
Director 12
TV Shows 8
Producer 7
Voice 2
3 Body Problem (2024)
American Fiction (2023)
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023)
Fair Play (2023)
The Space Western of the Southwest (2023)
Poker Face (2023)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Blood Relatives (2022)
Metal Lords (2022)
Scream (2022)
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Last Night in Soho (2021)
Capone (2020)
Knives Out (2019)
Scare Package (2019)
LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby (2019)
Destroyer (2018)
The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs (2018)
Balance of the Force (2018)
The Director and the Jedi (2018)
The Force of Sound (2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Baby Driver (2017)
49 ngày 2 (2017)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The Hollars (2016)
The Invitation (2016)
Tales of Halloween (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Out of Print (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013)
Don Jon (2013)
The World's End (2013)
The English Teacher (2013)
Welcome to the Jungle (2013)
Looper (2012)
The Outsider: A Looper's Story (2012)
The Woman (2011)
Brawler (2011)
Terriers (2010)
The Life of the World to Come (2010)
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Spike (2008)
Breaking Bad (2008)
Building Brick (2006)
Brick (2006)
Escargots (2006)
May (2003)
People Are Dead (2002)
The Psychology of Dream Analysis (2002)
Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing (2001)
Phyfutima (1998)
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! (1997)
Greater Than a Tiger (1997)
Omaha (The Movie) (1995)
Untitled Gene Kelly Project
Knives Out 3
Rian Johnson: Planning the Perfect Murder
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1973-12-17 (50 years old)
Birth NameRian Craig Johnson
Birth PlaceSilver Spring, United States of America
Height1.66-meter
SiblingsAaron Johnson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsΡάιαν Τζόνσον, 라이언 존슨, Rian Craig Johnson, Райан Джонсон
AwardsDirectors Guild of America Award, Time 100
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