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Brian Helgeland

1961 - Today

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Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the films L.A. Confidential (1998) and Mystic River (2003). He wrote and directed the films 42, a biopic of Jackie Robinson; and Legend, about the rise and fall of the infamous London gangsters, the Kray twins. His work on L.A. Confidential earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Brian Helgeland is the 1,441st most popular film director (up from 1,470th in 2024), the 10,461st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,419th in 2019) and the 387th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Brian Helgeland ranks 1,441 out of 2,041. Before him are Gábor Csupó, René Vautier, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, D. A. Pennebaker, Alice Rohrwacher, and Victor Schertzinger. After him are Judd Apatow, Lev Kulidzhanov, Stéphane Sednaoui, Fernando Colomo, Albert Pyun, and Lee Unkrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Brian Helgeland ranks 457. Before him are Jon Tenney, Francesca Comencini, Tetyana Dorovskikh, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Matsuichi Yamada, and Moeketsi Majoro. After him are Scott Cohen, Bernard Casoni, José Manuel Ochotorena, Stjepan Deverić, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, and Luis Herrera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Helgeland ranks 10,463 out of 20,380. Before him are Sheree North (1932), Charles B. Cory (1857), Ed Czerkiewicz (1913), Richard Masur (1948), David Koechner (1962), and James Forbes (1952). After him are William Rosecrans (1819), Roxann Dawson (1958), Dwight Frye (1899), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Anne Dudek (1975).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Brian Helgeland ranks 387. Before him are Hugh Wilson (1943), Robert Burks (1909), Len Wiseman (1973), Rian Johnson (1973), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), and Victor Schertzinger (1888). After him are Judd Apatow (1967), Albert Pyun (1953), Lee Unkrich (1967), Jennifer Lynch (1968), Tim Miller (1964), and Sally Menke (1953).

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