Rian Johnson
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Rian Craig Johnson (born 1973 in Maryland) is an American writer and director, who won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, with his debut feature, Brick. Johnson is originally from San Clemente, California, and attended the high school where Brick was predominantly filmed. He then attended the University of Southern California and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1996.
In addition to his film work, Johnson is also an accomplished folk singer. Some of his songs can be found in faux albums on his website.
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[edit] Feature Films
[edit] Brick
Made for just under $500,000 Brick stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Brendan Frye. Brendan is in the know of the intricacies of the "upper crust" of druggie socialites, but chooses to live outside them until he gets a terrified phone call from Emily. She tearfully tells him that "she didn't know that the brick was bad" and that "the Pin's on it now", and implores him to help her, which kicks off the chain of events that make up the movie. Rian often has said that he looked to the novels of Dashiell Hammett as inspiration for the films unique use of language. While the film is classified as a Film Noir Johnson claims that during production no references where made to Film Noir as to focus the production away from reproducing a genre piece. Brick is now available on DVD from Focus Features.
[edit] The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom is the next film from Johnson, which is started filming March 19th, 2007. The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, and Rinko Kikuchi.
[edit] Other Projects
Rian directed the video for The Mountain Goats' song "Woke Up New" in 2006.
Rian has made a number of short films, some of which are available on his website. His short film from high-school titled Ninja Ko is available as an Easter-egg on the Brick DVD.
[edit] Links
- Personal site
- Article on Johnson and the making of Brick
- Rian Johnson at The Internet Movie Database
- Brick Review at RockTag.us
- The Brothers Bloom Website
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