Rian Johnson

Rian Craig Johnson born December 17 1973 is an American filmmaker He made his directorial debut with the neonoir mystery film Brick 2005 which received positive reviews and grossed nearly 4 million on a 450000 budget Transitioning to higherprofile films Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the sciencefiction 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 20082013 namely Ozymandias Fly and FiftyOne for the latter he received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding DirectingDrama 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia