Rian Johnson

Known for DirectingBorn 1973-12-17 (age 52)Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Breaking Bad

Phyfutima

BoJack Horseman

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

The Force of Sound

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

Terriers

Knives Out

Frankenstein

tick, tick... BOOM!

3 Body Problem

Poker Face

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Baby Driver

Last Night in Soho

American Fiction

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The Director and the Jedi

Omaha (The Movie)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Balance of the Force

The Real History of Science Fiction

Metal Lords

Looper

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The World's End

Scream

Brick

The Brothers Bloom

May

The Invitation

Fair Play

The Hollars

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

The Woman

Destroyer

Netflix Tudum 2025

Tales of Halloween

Out of Print

Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!

Scare Package

The English Teacher

The Psychology of Dream Analysis

Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Capone

Welcome to the Jungle