Dan Gilroy
American screenwriter · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67
Daniel Christopher Gilroy 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.
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James G. Robinson Produced Freejack and Chasers
Jake Gyllenhaal Dan directed Nightcrawler and Velvet Buzzsaw
Michael Papajohn Dan directed Nightcrawler (2014)
Marco Rodríguez Dan directed Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Steven Spielberg Produced Real Steel (2011)
Denzel Washington Produced Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Robert Zemeckis Produced Real Steel (2011)
Dennis Hopper Directed Chasers (1994)
Colin Farrell Dan directed Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2018)
John Malkovich Dan directed Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Bill Paxton Dan directed Nightcrawler (2014)
Spike Jonze Produced The Fall (2006)
Shelley Hennig Dan directed Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2018)
Carmen Ejogo Dan directed Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2018)
Billy Magnussen Dan directed Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Tony Plana Dan directed Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2018)
Zawe Ashton Dan directed Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Kevin Rahm Dan directed Nightcrawler (2014)
Jordan Vogt-Roberts Directed Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Grand L. Bush Dan wrote Freejack (1992)
Pat Healy Dan directed Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Ronald Shusett Produced Freejack (1992)
Don Murphy Produced Real Steel (2011)
Robert Prescott Also in The Bourne Legacy (2012)
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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.
