Rian Johnson Filmography

Occupation:
Director, Editor, Screenwriter
Biography:
Like two of his predecessors -- John Dahl and Christopher Nolan -- writer/director Rian Johnson specialized in crafting inventive, tightly wound crime thrillers with many a hairpin turn to keep viewers not only riveted, but trapped in a state of suspended uncertainty. Unsurprisingly, this...Read More

  • The Brothers Bloom

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Rinko Kikuchi, Mark Ruffalo

    Synopsis: When the younger of two notorious sibling con artists announces a plan to go legit, his brother implores him to carry out one last swindle in the eagerly anticipated sophomore feature from Brick writer/director Rian Johnson. Tired of a life on the run, a confidence man who has dedicated his life Read More

    10/24/08

  • Brick

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Noah Segan

    Synopsis: A tough-talking teen attempts to uncover his ex-girlfriend's killer in director Rian Johnson's hard-boiled high-school noir, told in the style of a Dashiell Hammett mystery. An outsider by nature, Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to penetrate the elaborate ranks of the high-school social Read More

    3/31/06

  • Roman

    Crew: Editor

    Actors: Lucky McKee, Kristen Bell, Nectar Rose

    Synopsis: May star Angela Bettis trades places with that film's director Lucky McKee for this tale of a lonely recluse who finds his obsession with a beautiful girl taking a dark turn after coming face to face with the unsuspecting object of his affections. Roman (McKee) is a quiet soul whose only escape Read More

    2006

  • May

    Crew: Editor

    Actors: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Nichole M. Hiltz

    Synopsis: A young social outcast goes to great measures to find the perfect friend in this debut horror feature from director Lucky McKee. Set apart from her peers as a child due to her lazy eye, May's only friend and confidant was a delicate doll encased in glass. Though as a young adult May has learned to Read More

    6/6/03

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