
RIAN JOHNSON - Writer / Director
Team Deakins
Fulfilled Dreams and Influential Support
The speaker's father, a frustrated artist, would have chosen to be a filmmaker or actor if given the chance. Despite this, he was extremely supportive of the speaker's filmmaking endeavors. The father passed away after the movie 'Looper,' where he had the opportunity to be on set and have significant roles in some films. The speaker credits much of their screenwriting knowledge and approach to a screenwriting seminar the father took them to at 17, showing the profound influence the father had on the speaker's career.
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