Rian Johnson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q621818: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Brick (2005); The Brothers Bloom (2008); Looper (2012); Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017); Knives Out (2019); Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Count them as writer (1 film), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Last of Sheila: 1 line

lineage (character influence) · through Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), which they directed: The Last of Sheila ⇒ Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (the host's read). The Sue Mengers-type characterization in Last of Sheila influenced Kate Hudson's part in Glass Onion.
“And she's that sort of characterization is very influential to the way that Kate Hudson plays her part in Glass Onion.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:03:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (11) everyone in directing

director, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
director (answered the Leia-in-space question), Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
young filmmaker who started small with noir (The Big Picture, ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt!)
director of Brick (honorable mention) and The Brothers Bloom, Brick (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
director (unnamed by speaker; described as the Knives Out director), Knives Out (The Big Picture, Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show)
director, Brick (The Big Picture, Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show)
director, The Brothers Bloom (The Big Picture, Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show)
director, Looper (The Big Picture, Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show)
director, Knives Out (The Big Picture, The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show)
director, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Blank Check — Patreon, Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free))
writer/director (directing half), Knives Out (Blank Check — Patreon, The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free))

Writing (1) everyone in writing

writer/director, Knives Out (Blank Check — Patreon, The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free))

Producing (1) everyone in producing

producer (via his company T Street), Snack Shack (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

unmapped (sampler): Knives Out → Rian Johnson. Johnson is a genre island hopper and good sampler whose references inform rather than annoy, like DJ Premier.
“He's a good sampler.”
The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:37:02 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.