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Rian Johnson. Producer: Knives Out. Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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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.
- The Brothers Bloom
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Looper
- Glass Onion
- Knives Out
- Brick
The Brothers Bloom isn't just a strong sophomore effort, but a strong film in general. With a meticulously twisty plot layered as densely - but also as delicately - as a 20-layer mille-feuille crêpe, The Brothers Bloom is not your run-of-the-mill caper. It centers around two brothers, Bloom and Stephen (Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, respectively),...
To many, Star Wars is a gold standard in fiction. For its directors, Star Wars is potentially a creative death sentence. Nevertheless, that didn't stop Rian Johnson from climbing aboard and trying his hand at a galaxy far, far away. From some points of view, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the dark horse of the franchise, with Johnson making just enoug...
Before Johnson embarked on the sci-fi genre's No Man's Land with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he tackled a wholly original concept with Looper. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who Johnson worked with on his first film) and Bruce Willis playing the same character, but from different time periods, the film is a time-jumping, mind-melting nod to films like Th...
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a sequel to Knives Out, and it follows Daniel Craig's protagonist Benoit Blanc on an entirely new case. The film has a breakout cast, starring the likes of Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, and many more. Glass Onion follows detective Blanc to Greece where he is hired by Hel...
Released in 2019, Knives Out was a breakout success for Rian Johnson, and also a top contender for best Rian Johnson movie to date. Following the somewhat polarized response to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Knives Out received nearly universal acclaim from critics, and appreciative audiences propelled the comedic murder mystery to an impressive $311 mi...
The debut entry in a director's filmography often pales in comparison to later work in the rest of their career. There are usually hints of what'll end up becoming trademarks in the future, but those trademarks usually need some time to marinate before they mature. With Rian Johnson's film beginning, it seems he knew exactly what he was doing right...
Rian Johnson is a director, writer, producer and actor known for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Knives Out and Looper. See his full list of credits, including upcoming projects Poker Face and Glass Onion.
A self-described audio-visual geek who made over 90 short films by the time he left film school, director Rian Johnson spent years struggling to make his first film before finally cobbling ...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetDirector,Screenwriter,Producer93%95%Executive ProducerNo Score YetNo Score YetSelf86%54%Executive ProducerA list of five movies directed by Rian Johnson, from Brick to Knives Out, with ratings, summaries and cast information. See the IMDb page for more details, reviews and related titles.
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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 ...
