Rian Johnson
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.
The Space Western of the Southwest
Scream
(Party Guest (voice) (uncredited))
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
(Self)
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
(Self)
Out of Print
(Self)
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
(The Whacky Protagonist)
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
(Self)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(Imperial Technician (uncredited))
The Force of Sound
(Self)
The Director and the Jedi
(Self)
Balance of the Force
(Self)
Building Brick
The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs
Netflix Tudum 2025
(Self)
Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
BoJack Horseman
(Brian (voice))
The Real History of Science Fiction
(Himself)
Directors on Directors
(Self)
May
(Editor)
The Brothers Bloom
(Writer)
The Brothers Bloom
(Director)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(Producer)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(Writer)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(Director)
Brick
(Director)
Brick
(Editor)
Baby Driver
(Thanks)
Looper
(Writer)
Looper
(Director)
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
(Writer)
Escargots
(Camera Operator)
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
(Director)
American Fiction
(Executive Producer)
The Psychology of Dream Analysis
(Director)
The Psychology of Dream Analysis
(Writer)
The Life of the World to Come
(Director)
Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing
(Director)
Untitled Gene Kelly Project
(Producer)
The Woman
(Songs)
The World's End
(Thanks)
Building Brick
(Camera Operator)
Blood Relatives
(Thanks)
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
(Thanks)
Destroyer
(Thanks)
Welcome to the Jungle
(Thanks)
Omaha (The Movie)
(Production Assistant)
Capone
(Thanks)
People Are Dead
(Thanks)
Phyfutima
(Camera Operator)
The English Teacher
(Thanks)
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
(Editor)
Scream
(Thanks)
tick, tick... BOOM!
(Thanks)
Scare Package
(Thanks)
Greater Than a Tiger
(Editor)
Building Brick
(Thanks)
Tales of Halloween
(Thanks)
The Invitation
(Thanks)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(Thanks)
The Hollars
(Thanks)
Brawler
(Thanks)
Metal Lords
(Thanks)
Spike
(Thanks)
Last Night in Soho
(Thanks)
The Outsider: A Looper's Story
(Thanks)
Fair Play
(Executive Producer)
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
(Director)
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
(Writer)
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
(Editor)
Brick
(Writer)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(Writer)
Knives Out
(Director)
Knives Out
(Producer)
Knives Out
(Writer)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(Director)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(Producer)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(Writer)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(Director)
2034
(Producer)
Cleaning the Pool
(Director)
Cleaning the Pool
(Writer)
Ninja Ko: The Origami Master
(Director)
Ninja Ko: The Origami Master
(Writer)
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
(Director)
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
(Writer)
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
(Producer)
Frankenstein
(Thanks)
A Place in Hell
(Producer)
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
(Executive Producer)
Breaking Bad
(Director)
Terriers
(Director)
Poker Face
(Executive Producer)
Poker Face
(Writer)
Poker Face
(Director)
3 Body Problem
(Executive Producer)
The Hawk
(Executive Producer)
Disinherited
(Executive Producer)
Poker Face
(Creator)