Rian Johnson
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.
17 December 1973
Born on the same birth date (17 December 1973): Eddie Fisher (drummer) • Hasan Vural • Konstadinos Gatsioudis • Paula Radcliffe
Born on the same birth day (17 December): Anthony Wood (antiquary) • David Mallet (director) • Eddie Fisher (drummer) • John Abraham • Lloyd Perrett • Mikky Ekko • Paul César Helleu • Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna • Wes Studi
Born in the same month (December 1973): Chris Harris (wrestler) • Daisuke Miura • Damien Rice • Hasan Vural • Luboš Motl • Marc Blume • Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1973) • Monica Seles • Paul Foot (comedian) • Paula Radcliffe • Stephenie Meyer • Steve Menzies • Surya Bonaly