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Rian Johnson Wins Director Award for Knives Out Mystery
11/30/2025
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- Rian Johnson, an American filmmaker, won the Newport Beach Film Festival's Director Award for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
- Johnson has directed seven feature films over 20 years, including Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- He has been nominated for Oscars for Knives Out and Glass Onion.
- Johnson looks forward to continuing the Knives Out series with Daniel Craig.
- He also dismisses a Muppet crossover.
