Rian Johnson
Rian Craig Johnson 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. Going on to make 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 the Knives Out film series (2019–present), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
director
2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
writer
2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
actor
2025
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
writer
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
director
2022
Knives Out
director
2019
Knives Out
writer
2019
The Director and the Jedi
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2018
The Force of Sound
actor
2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
writer
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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2017
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
actor
2013
Looper
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2012
Looper
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2012
The Life of the World to Come
director
2010
The Brothers Bloom
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2008
The Brothers Bloom
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2008
Breaking Bad
director
2008
Breaking Bad
director
2008
Brick
writer
2006
Brick
director
2006
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
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Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
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