Pairography

Pair · Actress and director

Films J. J. Abrams made with Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley appeared in two films directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019). No one worked on more of Daisy Ridley's films on this site than J. J. Abrams.

Timeline

  • Directed by one of the two

Daisy Ridley later recounted that J. J. Abrams had written drafts for episodes 8 and 9.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

[Daisy Ridley's] choice by director J. J. Abrams was seen as a repeat of George Lucas' move of casting relatively unknown actors for the lead roles in the first Star Wars film in 1977.

Daisy Ridley · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · name in brackets added

The 2 films

By release year
  1. 2015 · Science fiction, Fantasy · 138 min · United States

    Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    J. J. Abrams: director · Daisy Ridley: actress

    Music: John Williams

    Camera: Daniel Mindel

    Written by: J. J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan

    Produced by: J. J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy

  2. 2019 · Fantasy, Adventure · 142 min · United States

    Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    J. J. Abrams: director · Daisy Ridley: actress

    Music: John Williams

    Camera: John Schwartzman, Daniel Mindel

    Written by: J. J. Abrams, Chris Terrio

    Produced by: J. J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy

Worked with both