Rian Craig Johnson 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.