Cast & creator
Rian Johnson
Best known for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Breaking Bad, The Late Late Show with James Corden
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.
Also known as: Rian Craig Johnson
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Filmography (98)
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Breaking Bad
Director
2008
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
BoJack Horseman
Brian (voice)
2014
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Writer
2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Director
2017
3 Body Problem
Executive Producer
2024
Knives Out
Director
2019Knives Out
Producer
2019Knives Out
Writer
2019
Frankenstein
Thanks
2025
Poker Face
Executive Producer
2023Poker Face
Writer
2023Poker Face
Director
2023Poker Face
Creator
2023
Scream
Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
2022Scream
Thanks
2022
The Hawk
Executive Producer
2026
Baby Driver
Thanks
2017
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Producer
2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Writer
2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Director
2025
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Director
2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Producer
2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Writer
2022
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Imperial Technician (uncredited)
2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Thanks
2016
Last Night in Soho
Thanks
2021
The World's End
Thanks
2013
Looper
Writer
2012Looper
Director
2012
Terriers
Director
2010
Directors on Directors
Self
2021
Fair Play
Executive Producer
2023
American Fiction
Executive Producer
2023
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2014
tick, tick... BOOM!
Thanks
2021
The Invitation
Thanks
2016
Welcome to the Jungle
Thanks
2013
The Brothers Bloom
Writer
2009The Brothers Bloom
Director
2009
Metal Lords
Thanks
2022
The Hollars
Thanks
2016
May
Editor
2003
Destroyer
Thanks
2018
Capone
Thanks
2020
The English Teacher
Thanks
2013
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Executive Producer
2026
The Woman
Songs
2011
Brick
Director
2006Brick
Editor
2006Brick
Writer
2006
Tales of Halloween
Thanks
2015
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Self
2013
Scare Package
Thanks
2019Disinherited
Executive Producer
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
2025
The Director and the Jedi
Self
2018
The Force of Sound
Self
20182034
Producer
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Self
2023Turpentine
Producer
Blood Relatives
Thanks
2022
A Place in Hell
Producer
2027
Balance of the Force
Self
2018
Out of Print
Self
2014
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Self
2024
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Writer
1997Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Director
1997Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Editor
1997
Escargots
Camera Operator
2006Untitled Gene Kelly Project
Producer
People Are Dead
Thanks
2002
The Psychology of Dream Analysis
Director
2002The Psychology of Dream Analysis
Writer
2002
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
The Whacky Protagonist
1993Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
Director
1993Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
Writer
1993Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
Editor
1993
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Thanks
2014
Brawler
Thanks
2011
Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle
Self
2018Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
Director
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
Writer
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
Producer
Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing
Director
2001
The Life of the World to Come
Director
2010
The Outsider: A Looper's Story
Thanks
2012
Spike
Thanks
2008
The Space Western of the Southwest
2023
Greater Than a Tiger
Editor
1997The Last Jedi: Meet the Porgs
2018
Cleaning the Pool
Director
1995Cleaning the Pool
Writer
1995Phyfutima
Camera Operator
1998Building Brick
Self
2006Building Brick
Camera Operator
2006Building Brick
Thanks
2006