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Rian Johnson

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn December 17, 1973 (51 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Brothers Bloom
Known For
  • Knives Out
  • Looper
  • Glass Onion
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
  • Brick
  • Breaking Bad
  • The Brothers Bloom
  • American Fiction
  • Poker Face
  • 3 Body Problem
  • Terriers
  • The Psychology of Dream Analysis

Filmography

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