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Dan Gilroy

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Dan Gilroy

Born June 24, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, USA12 films

Daniel Christopher Gilroy (born June 24, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing and directing Nightcrawler (2014), for which he won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards. His other screenwriting credits include Freejack (1992), Two for the Money (2005), The Fall (2006), Real Steel (2011), and The Bourne Legacy (2012)—the last in collaboration with his brother Tony Gilroy. His wife, Rene Russo, has also been his frequent collaborator since the two met in 1992 and married later that year.

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Nightcrawler posterFirst watchNightcrawler20147.7When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.View film

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Filmography

12 films
  1. TBAFaster, Cheaper, BetterWriter
  2. 2028Miami Vice '85Screenplay
  3. 2019Velvet BuzzsawWriter
  4. 2017Roman J. Israel, Esq.Writer
  5. 2017Kong: Skull IslandScreenplay
  6. 2014NightcrawlerWriter
  7. 2012The Bourne LegacyScreenplay
  8. 2011Real SteelStory
  9. 2008The FallScreenplay
  10. 2005Two for the MoneyScreenplay
  11. 1994ChasersScreenplay
  12. 1992FreejackScreenplay