![]() Johnson has made a number of short films, some of which are available on his website. He directed a third episode, " Ozymandias", which received high praise from critics, frequently cited as being 'one of the best television episodes' to air. 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. The episode, " Fly", aired on May 23, 2010. In March 2010, Johnson announced that he was directing an episode of the TV series Breaking Bad for its third season. On Metacritic, the film was assigned a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 26 reviews from mainstream critics. Johnson's second film, The Brothers Bloom, is a con-man story released in theaters in May 2009 to moderately positive critical reviews. 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). The film consists of a single shot, depicting Darnielle performing the entire album on guitar and piano with minimal accompaniment. Johnson also directed a live performance film of the Mountain Goats' 2009 album The Life of the World to Come. 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". He is a professed fan of the band and was asked to direct the video when bandleader John Darnielle noticed a reference to them in the credits for Brick. Johnson directed the video for the Mountain Goats' song "Woke Up New" in 2006. Brick was released on DVD by Focus Features. 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. Johnson has often said that he looked to the novels of Dashiell Hammett as inspiration for the film's unique use of language. Johnson's debut film, Brick, is a crime drama released in 2005 and made for just under $500,000. 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." "It moved me in a way that very few other films have moved me. Johnson has said he was inspired to become a film director after seeing Woody Allen's 1977 film, Annie Hall. 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. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1996. He attended San Clemente High School (graduating in 1992), where Brick was predominantly filmed. ![]() ![]() He grew up in Denver, Colorado, until sixth grade, when he moved to San Clemente, California. Johnson was born on December 17, 1973, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Johnson was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. He also created a murder mystery series titled Poker Face for Peacock with Natasha Lyonne. Īdditionally, Johnson is also known for directing three highly acclaimed episodes for the television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), namely the episodes " Ozymandias", " Fly", and " Fifty-One" for the latter, he received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series in 2013. 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. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller Looper (2012) to critical and commercial success. 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. Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker.
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