Rian Johnson Honored At Newport Beach Film Festival

Rian Johnson’s Award Chat

On Oct. 17, quickly following a 6:30 p.m. screening of Get up Dead Male at the Regal Edwards Big Newport cinema, Johnson will certainly take a seat with yours truly to tape-record an online episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, throughout which he will discuss his life and profession. At the conclusion of that conversation, the event will present him with the award.

Festival CEO Statement

“The Newport Coastline Film Event is thrilled to recognize Rian Johnson for his great work on Wake Up Dead Man,” Gregg Schwenk, NBFF’s CEO and executive supervisor, said in a statement. “With his sharp storytelling and creative instructions, he has actually captivated target markets and reimagined the whodunit for a brand-new generation. We are thrilled to celebrate his remarkable talent and the influence of his job.”

Along with the Knives Out movies, the first 2 installments of which– 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Secret– brought him finest initial screenplay Oscar elections, Johnson is also well known for guiding and composing 2005’s Block, 2008’s The Brothers Blossom, 2012’s Looper and 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He likewise guided several episodes of the landmark television dramatization series Breaking Poor, including its most well known, 2013’s “Ozymandias,” and he developed and has actually written and directed a number of episodes of the TV funny series Poker Face.