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 $1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with Knives Out (2019) and its sequel Glass Onion (2022), both of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively.
Additionally, Johnson is also known for directing three highly acclaimed episodes for the television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), namely "Ozymandias," "Fly," and "Fifty-One"; for the latter, he received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing—Drama Series in 2013. He also created a murder mystery series titled Poker Face for Peacock with Natasha Lyonne. Johnson was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
The career in numbers
- US$ 640 mi Total budget from 7 film(s) with data
- US$ 1.7 bi Total box office from 7 film(s) with data
- US$ 91 mi Average budget from 7 film(s) with data
- US$ 246 mi Average box office from 7 film(s) with data
- 7.0 Average rating from 7 film(s) with data
- 2.7× Return on investment from 7 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
|
2025 | US$ 210 mi | US$ 4 mi | 7.2 |
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
|
2022 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 15 mi | 7.0 |
Knives Out
|
2019 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 313 mi | 7.8 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
|
2017 | US$ 300 mi | US$ 1.3 bi | 6.7 |
Looper
|
2012 | US$ 30 mi | US$ 47 mi | 6.9 |
The Brothers Bloom
|
2008 | US$ 20 mi | US$ 6 mi | 6.6 |
Brick
|
2006 | US$ 475,000 | US$ 4 mi | 6.8 |
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
|
1997 | — | — | 5.9 |
