Rian Johnson
American filmmaker
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| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man, a film written, directed, and produced by Johnson, is currently in post-production. |
| 2024 | Rian Johnson serves as executive producer for 3 Body Problem |
| March 2024 | Signed a deal with Warner Bros. to produce two films under his studio T-Street. |
| 2023 | Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. |
| 2023 | Rian Johnson was associated with two films released: 'Fair Play' directed by Chloe Domont and 'American Fiction' directed by Cord Jefferson |
| 2023 | Rian Johnson directs the 'The Night Shift' episode of Poker Face |
| 2023 | Rian Johnson directs the 'Escape from Shit Mountain' episode of Poker Face |
| 2023 | Glass Onion receives multiple screenplay awards, including wins from Austin Film Critics Association, Online Film Critics Society, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, and Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| January 26 2023 | Premiered Poker Base, a ten-episode mystery drama television series for Peacock starring Natasha Lyonne. |
| 2022 | Directs Glass Onion, a sequel to Knives Out, earning another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| June 28 2021 | Began filming the first Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion. |
| 2020 | Knives Out is nominated for multiple major awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. |
| 2020 | Rian Johnson directed 'Look Closer', a promotional event video for Pokémon Go Fest |
| November 27 2019 | Released the murder mystery film Knives Out, which was a major critical and commercial success, earning Johnson his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. |
| September 2019 | Launched T-Street, a film and TV content production company with producer Ram Bergman, fully capitalized by Valence Media. |
| 2018 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson, wins the Empire Award for Best Director and the Saturn Award for Best Writing. |
| 2018 | Rian Johnson married film writer, historian, and podcaster Karina Longworth, whom he met when she was working as a film critic. |
| 2018 | LCD Soundsystem released the song "Oh Baby", which was associated with Rian Johnson's work |
| 2017 | Served as hand double for Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, appearing in a cameo role |
| 2017 | Johnson directed and wrote Star Wars: The Last Jedi, becoming the first independent filmmaker to helm a Star Wars trilogy installment. |
| December 15 2017 | Released Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which received positive reviews from critics and audiences. |
| 2016 | Appeared in a cameo role as an Imperial Technician in Rogue One |
| 2015 | Voiced the character Bryan in two episodes of BoJack Horseman: 'Yes, And' and 'Out to Sea' |
| 2014 | Rian Johnson writes the 'RE: Trash' episode of HitRecord on TV |
| June 20 2014 | News broke that Johnson would write and direct the eighth Star Wars film installment. |
| 2013 | Rian Johnson directs the highly praised 'Ozymandias' episode of Breaking Bad, considered one of the best TV episodes of all time |
| 2013 | Receives the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series for his episode 'Fifty-One' from Breaking Bad. |
| September 28 2012 | Released Looper, a dark science fiction film that was a surprise box office success. |
| August 5 2012 | Directed the Breaking Bad episode 'Fifty-One', which earned him a Directors Guild of America Award. |
| January 24 2011 | Began shooting his third film, Looper, in Louisiana. |
| 2010 | Directed the documentary film 'The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come', focusing on the indie rock band The Mountain Goats and their album of the same name. |
| 2010 | Rian Johnson directs the 'Manifest Destiny' episode of Terriers TV series |
| May 23 2010 | Directed the Breaking Bad episode 'Fly'. |
| March 2010 | Announced directing an episode of Breaking Bad for its third season. |
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