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Johnson in 2017
Born
Rian Craig Johnson

(1973-12-17) December 17, 1973 (age 50)
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • writer
Years active1990–present
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Relatives Aaron Johnson (brother)
Nathan Johnson (cousin)

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. [1]

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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. [2]

Early life

Johnson was born on December 17, 1973, in Silver Spring, Maryland. [3] He grew up in Denver, Colorado, until sixth grade, [4] when he moved to San Clemente, California. [3] He attended San Clemente High School (graduating in 1992), [3] where Brick was predominantly filmed. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1996. [5] Johnson's second short film, Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", was included as an easter egg on the Looper Blu-ray. [6]

Career

Johnson has said he was inspired to become a film director after seeing Woody Allen's 1977 film, Annie Hall . "It moved me in a way that very few other films have moved me. That's something that, I pray to God, if I am able to keep making movies, I can only hope, twenty years down the line maybe, I'll be able to approach." [7]

Johnson's debut film, Brick , is a crime drama released in 2005 and made for just under $500,000. Johnson has often said that he looked to the novels of Dashiell Hammett as inspiration for the film's unique use of language. While the film is classified as a film noir, Johnson claims that no references were made to film noir during production, so as to focus the production away from reproducing a genre piece. Brick was released on DVD by Focus Features. [8]

Johnson directed the video for the Mountain Goats' song "Woke Up New" in 2006. He is a professed fan[ citation needed ] of the band and was asked to direct the video when bandleader John Darnielle noticed a reference to them in the credits for Brick. A song is credited to "The Hospital Bombers Experience", which is a reference to the Mountain Goats song titled "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton". Johnson also directed a live performance film of the Mountain Goats' 2009 album The Life of the World to Come. The film consists of a single shot, depicting Darnielle performing the entire album on guitar and piano with minimal accompaniment. This film was screened in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon upon its completion, and was released as a limited edition DVD on Record Store Day (April 17, 2010).

Johnson's second film, The Brothers Bloom , is a con-man story released in theaters in May 2009 to moderately positive critical reviews. [9] On Metacritic, the film was assigned a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 26 reviews from mainstream critics. [10] [11]

In March 2010, Johnson announced that he was directing an episode of the TV series Breaking Bad for its third season. The episode, "Fly", aired on May 23, 2010. Johnson directed a second episode of the show, "Fifty-One", which aired on August 5, 2012, and earned him a Directors Guild of America Award. [12] He directed a third episode, "Ozymandias", which received high praise from critics, frequently cited as being 'one of the best television episodes' to air. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Johnson has made a number of short films, some of which are available on his website. His short film from high school titled Ninja Ko is available as an easter egg on the Brick DVD. The Brothers Bloom DVD features a short, Buster Keaton-esque silent film he made in college. After working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Brick, the two shot a short film in Paris, France titled Escargots. In 2002, he directed a short film titled The Psychology of Dream Analysis, which is available to view on his Vimeo account. [17] Johnson directed the episode "Manifest Destiny" of the TV series Terriers . [18]

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Johnson in 2012

Johnson's third film, Looper , began shooting in Louisiana on January 24, 2011 and was released on September 28, 2012, by TriStar Pictures and FilmDistrict. [19] Set in the near future, it has been described as dark science fiction, and involves hitmen whose victims are sent from the future. [20] The film opened the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival [21] and the 2012 Palo Alto International Film Festival. [22] Looper was a surprise success at the box office.

On June 20, 2014, news broke that Johnson would write and direct the eighth installment in the Star Wars film series. [23] Johnson confirmed the report that following month and the film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi , was released on December 15, 2017, to positive reviews from critics and audiences. [24] After Colin Trevorrow departed Episode IX, Johnson turned down an offer from Lucasfilm to write and direct the follow-up to The Last Jedi. [25] On November 9, 2017, it was announced that Johnson would write a new trilogy of Star Wars films, separate from the main story arc of previous films in the franchise, and would direct the first installment of his trilogy. [26]

Following The Last Jedi, Johnson directed the murder mystery film Knives Out , starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas and Christopher Plummer. [27] He penned the script and co-produced with longtime producing partner Ram Bergman. [27] Knives Out was released on November 27, 2019, and was a major success with critics, as well as audiences, [28] grossing over $300 million at the box office worldwide. It earned Johnson his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Original Screenplay. [29] [30]

In September 2019, Johnson and producer Ram Bergman launched T-Street, a company that will generate original content for film and TV shows. [31] The venture is fully capitalized by global media company Valence Media. [31] T-Street launched with a first look deal with Valence Media's Media Rights Capital for film and television projects. [31] Valence Media holds a substantial minority equity stake in the company. Johnson and Bergman intend to make their own original creations through the company, and produce others. [31]

Due to the success of Knives Out, Lionsgate announced that a sequel was officially approved in February 2020, with Johnson set to return to write and direct the film. [30] In July 2020, Johnson directed a commercial for the augmented mobile video game Pokémon Go . [32] In March 2021, it was announced that Johnson was writing/directing a ten-episode mystery drama television series for Peacock titled Poker Face , starring Natasha Lyonne, which premiered on the service on January 26, 2023. [33] [34] That same month, it was reported that Netflix had obtained the rights to two sequels to Knives Out for around $450 million. [35] Filming on the first Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion , began on June 28, 2021. [36] After premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the film received a one-week theatrical release across the United States and in other international markets from November 23 to 29, 2022, before streaming on Netflix beginning on December 23. [37] In March 2024, Johnson signed a deal with Warner Bros. to produce two films under his studio T-Street. [38]

Personal life

Johnson is a folk singer and banjo player. His brother is music producer Aaron Johnson. His cousin Nathan Johnson composed the scores for Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Looper, Knives Out and Glass Onion. Rian and Nathan make up a folk duo called the Preserves. [39]

Johnson has been married to film writer, historian, and podcaster Karina Longworth since 2018. [40] [41] They met when she was working as a film critic. [42]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2005 Brick YesYesNoAlso editor
2008 The Brothers Bloom YesYesNo
2012 Looper YesYesNo
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi YesYesNo
2019 Knives Out YesYesYes
2022 Glass Onion YesYesYes
2025 Wake Up Dead Man YesYesYesPost-production

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerEditor
1990Ninja Ko, the Origami MasterYesYesYesYes
1997Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!YesYesYesYes
2001Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile MarketingYesYesYesYes
2002The Psychology of Dream AnalysisYesYesYesYes

As executive producer

YearTitleDirector
2023 Fair Play [43] Chloe Domont
American Fiction [44] Cord Jefferson

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive producerEpisodeNotes
2010 Terriers YesNoNo"Manifest Destiny"
Breaking Bad YesNoNo"Fly"
2012YesNoNo"Fifty-One"
2013YesNoNo"Ozymandias"
2014 HitRecord on TV NoYesNo"RE: Trash"
2023 Poker Face YesYesYes"Dead Man's Hand"Creator
YesNoYes"The Night Shift"
YesNoYes"Escape from Shit Mountain"
NoYesYes"The Hook"
2024 3 Body Problem NoNoYes

Other works

Documentary films

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2008"Woke Up New" The Mountain Goats
2018"Oh Baby" LCD Soundsystem

Commercials

YearTitleProductRef.
2020Look Closer Pokémon Go Fest [32]

Acting roles

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 BoJack Horseman Bryan (voice)Episodes: "Yes, And" and "Out to Sea"
2016 Rogue One Imperial TechnicianCameo role
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Luke Skywalker's HandCameo; as Hand double

Technical credits

YearTitleRole
1995OmahaProduction Assistant
1997Greater Than a TigerEditor
1998PhyfutimaCamera Operator
2002 May Editor

Accolades

YearWorkAwardResult
2005 Brick Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision Won [45]
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominated
2006Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Overlooked FilmNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Director Won
Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation Won
Deauville Film Festival Grand Special Prize Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker Nominated
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature Nominated
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award Nominated [46]
2007 Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best First Film Won
Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Nominated
2008 The Brothers Bloom Stockholm International Film Festival Bronze Horse Nominated
2012 Looper Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay Won
Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best ScreenplayWon
National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay Won
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Won
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
2013Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated
North Carolina Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
North Carolina Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorNominated
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Saturn Award for Best Director Nominated
Breaking Bad Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
(Episode: "Fifty-One")		Won
2018 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Empire Award for Best Director Won
Saturn Award for Best Director [47] Nominated
Saturn Award for Best Writing [48] Won
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)Nominated
Circuit Community Awards for Honorable MentionsWon
Denver Film Critics Society for Best Adapted ScreenplayNominated
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Nominated
2019 Knives Out Fantastic Fest Audience Award Nominated
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Award for Best FilmWon
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Award for Best ScreenplayWon
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best ScreenplayNominated
Phoenix Critics Circle Award for Best ScreenplayWon
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best ScreenplayNominated
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Nominated
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated
2020Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay Nominated
North Carolina Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Award for Best Studio FilmWon
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original ScreenplayWon
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Screenplay, Original Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay [49] Nominated
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay [50] Nominated [51]
2023 Glass Onion Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated

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