Rian Craig Johnson is an American writer, producer, and director. He won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with his debut feature film, Brick. Johnson directed The Brothers Bloom and Looper, as well as three episodes of the AMC series Breaking Bad. "Ozymandias" is considered one of the greatest episodes of television ever aired, and the one that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan credits as the best episode of the series. In June 2014, it was reported that Johnson had signed to write and direct Star Wars Episode VIII and write a treatment for Episode IX. 

December 17th, 1973 in Maryland (Age 50) as Rian Craig Johnson