
Rian Johnson
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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.
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Known For
Production Credits

Knives Out

Last Night in Soho

Capone

Don Jon

The Invitation

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Looper

Baby Driver

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Scream

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The World's End

Breaking Bad

Welcome to the Jungle

Poker Face

3 Body Problem

Brick

GOLF

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Terriers

Fair Play

American Fiction
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