Rian Johnson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-12-17 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Rian Johnson

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...

Production

2003

May

as Editor

2008

2008

2006

Brick

as Director

2006

Brick

as Editor

2017

Baby Driver

as Thanks

2012

Looper

as Director

2012

Looper

as Writer

2006

Escargots

as Camera Operator

2023

American Fiction

as Executive Producer

2016

The Hollars

as Thanks

2020

Capone

as Thanks

2015

1998

Phyfutima

as Camera Operator

2013

Don Jon

as Thanks

2011

The Woman

as Songs

2006

Building Brick

as Camera Operator

2022

2016

2006

2019

Scare Package

as Thanks

2022

Scream

as Thanks

2013

1995

Omaha (The Movie)

as Production Assistant

2018

Destroyer

as Thanks

2002

2011

Brawler

as Thanks

2008

Spike

as Thanks

2022

Metal Lords

as Thanks

2021

2013

2021

2023

Fair Play

as Executive Producer

2006

Brick

as Writer

2019

Knives Out

as Writer

2019

Knives Out

as Producer

2019

Knives Out

as Director

1995

1995

1990

Ninja Ko

as Director

1990

Ninja Ko

as Writer

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