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Dan Gilroy

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Dan Gilroy

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. He wrote six episodes over two seasons of the drama series Andor (2022–2025), and for his work on the second season he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series.

Infobox

Born
Daniel Christopher Gilroy (1959-06-24) June 24, 1959 (age 66)Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Dartmouth College (BA)
Occupations
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Years active
1992–present
Spouse
mw- Rene Russo (m. 1992)
Children
1
Parents
mw- Frank D. Gilroy (father)Ruth Dorothy Gaydos (mother)
Relatives
Tony Gilroy (brother)John Gilroy (twin brother)

Tables

· Filmography
1992
Freejack
Role(s)
No
Notes
Yes
1994
Chasers
Role(s)
No
Notes
Yes
2005
Two for the Money
Role(s)
No
Notes
Yes
2006
The Fall
Role(s)
No
Notes
Yes
2011
Real Steel
Role(s)
No
Notes
Story
2012
The Bourne Legacy
Role(s)
No
Notes
Yes
2014
Nightcrawler
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2017
Kong: Skull Island
Role(s)
No
Notes
Yes
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2019
Velvet Buzzsaw
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Notes
Ref.
1992
Freejack
No
Yes
1994
Chasers
No
Yes
2005
Two for the Money
No
Yes
Also executive producer
2006
The Fall
No
Yes
2011
Real Steel
No
Story
2012
The Bourne Legacy
No
Yes
2014
Nightcrawler
Yes
Yes
Directorial debut
2017
Kong: Skull Island
No
Yes
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Yes
Yes
2019
Velvet Buzzsaw
Yes
Yes
· Filmography
2007
City of Light
Role(s)
6 episodes
2022–2025
Role(s)
Andor
Notes
6 episodes
Year
Title
Notes
2007
City of Light
6 episodes
2022–2025
Andor
6 episodes

References

  1. Rene Russo appeared in Freejack, Two for the Money, Nightcrawler, and Velvet Buzzsaw—all films that Gilroy has written.
  2. Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in 2025 for the episode "Welcome to the Rebellio
  3. The Tim Burton Encyclopedia
  4. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE7DC1E38F93BA25752C0A964958260
  5. Two for the Money
    https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/two-for-the-money-2005
  6. Nightcrawler
    https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/movies/nightcrawler-stars-jake-gyllenhaal-as-an-obsessive.html
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/velvet-buzzsaw-director-budget-was-big-hollywood-studios-1181768
  8. Television Academy
    https://www.televisionacademy.com/video/writing-drama-series-dan-gilroy-77th-emmy-awards
  9. "Dan Gilroy"
    http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/dan-gilroy-57313594/
  10. The Denver Post
    http://www.denverpost.com/coloradosunday/ci_11953314
  11. Subject Was Roses
    https://variety.com/2015/film/news/frank-gilroy-dead-subject-was-roses-1201592643/
  12. "Frank D Gilroy, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, dies aged 89"
    https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/sep/14/frank-d-gilroy-playwright-dies-aged-89
  13. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
    https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/directors-cut
  14. Film Comment
    https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-dan-gilroy-nightcrawler-dan-gilroy/
  15. Times Herald-Record
    http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051007/ENTERTAIN/310079936
  16. Publishers Weekly
    https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-88184-469-6
  17. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/16/books/spies-thrillers.html
  18. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
    https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1989/9/1/dartmouth-authors
  19. Nightcrawler
    https://variety.com/2015/film/features/10-directors-to-watch-dan-gilroy-1201391333/
  20. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/movies/real-steel-a-tale-of-robot-boxers-review.html
  21. Variety
    https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/the-bourne-legacy-1117948003/
  22. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/movies/movie-review-the-bourne-legacy.html
  23. Toronto Star
    https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2012/08/09/the_bourne_legacy_review_thrill_killer.html
  24. Nightcrawler
    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nightcrawler-dan-gilroy-interview-jake-gyllenhaal-101334543237.html
  25. The New Yorker
    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/10/rembrandt-lighting
  26. Entertainment Weekly
    https://ew.com/article/2014/10/31/nightcrawler-review/
  27. "2015 Academy Awards Nominations"
    https://www.slashfilm.com/2015-academy-awards-nominations/
  28. Vanity Fair
    https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/independent-spirit-award-winners
  29. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/dan-gilroy-tsunami-superhero-movies-776065
  30. Kong: Skull Island
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/movies/kong-skull-island-review-brie-larson.html
  31. Inner City
    https://variety.com/2016/film/news/denzel-washington-dan-gilroy-inner-city-1201844650/
  32. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sonys-denzel-washington-legal-drama-gets-title-1016032
  33. "A Conversation with Dan Gilroy"
    https://filmschoolrejects.com/dan-gilroy-roman-j-israel-esq-working-writerdirector-discovering-story/
  34. Roman J. Israel Esq
    https://deadline.com/2017/11/roman-j-israel-esq-dan-gilroy-denzel-washington-oscars-interview-1202209167/
  35. Roman J. Israel Esq.
    https://collider.com/dan-gilroy-interview-roman-j-israel-esq/#images
  36. Roman J. Israel, Esq
    https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/travers-denzel-washington-great-in-roman-j-israel-esq-w511642
  37. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/movies/roman-j-israel-review-denzel-washington.html
  38. Entertainment Weekly
    https://ew.com/movies/2017/11/17/roman-j-israel-esq-review/
  40. Television Academy
    https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/2025/outstanding-writing-for-a-drama-series
  41. "'Miami Vice' Movie in the Works With Joseph Kosinski Directing"
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/miami-vice-movie-in-the-works-with-joseph-kosinski-1236202540/
  42. Entertainment Weekly
    https://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/01/death-superman-lives-what-happened-exclusive-clip
  43. Real Steel
    https://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/real-steel-writer-dan-gilroy-to-pen-asian-themed-superhero-the-annihilator-for-stan-lee-114217/
  44. Vogue
    https://www.vogue.com/article/rose-gilroy-rene-russo-second-generation-model
  45. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9806EEDC1131F930A15757C0A962958260
  46. Al Pacino: In Films and on Stage
  47. The Fall
    https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fall-2008
  48. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2017/06/jake-gyllenhaal-rene-russo-dan-gilroy-art-world-genre-spec-script-nightcrawler-1202116659/
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