FILM DIRECTOR

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 and Mystic River. He also 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Helgeland has received more than 987,799 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Brian Helgeland is the 1,468th most popular film director (down from 1,153rd in 2019), the 10,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,670th in 2019) and the 395th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 19

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  • 2.94

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Brian Helgeland ranks 1,468 out of 2,041. Before him are Hwang Dong-hyuk, Albert Serra, Gianfranco Rosi, Matti Kassila, Charles Band, and Joseph Kosinski. After him are Giorgio Capitani, Bill Plympton, Peyton Reed, Haifaa al-Mansour, Birt Acres, and Olivier Megaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Brian Helgeland ranks 454. Before him are Liu Xia, Mustafa El Haddaoui, Glenn Plummer, John Logan, Fahrudin Omerović, and Masaaki Mori. After him are Matthias Brandt, Debbi Peterson, Sam Bowie, Troels Rasmussen, Tiina Lillak, and Blanche Barton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Helgeland ranks 10,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Charley Grapewin (1869), Joseph Kosinski (1974), Patrice Wymore (1926), Bray Wyatt (1987), LeRoy Pope Walker (1817), and C. J. Ramone (1965). After him are Kathryn Crosby (1933), Doja Cat (1995), Thomas Mifflin (1744), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Evelyn Venable (1913), and Jimmy Carl Black (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Brian Helgeland ranks 395. Before him are Rowland V. Lee (1891), Joseph Pevney (1911), Mary Lambert (1951), Edward Sedgwick (1889), Charles Band (1951), and Joseph Kosinski (1974). After him are Bill Plympton (1946), Peyton Reed (1964), Birt Acres (1854), Mike Flanagan (1978), Gene Saks (1921), and Mick Garris (1951).

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Filmography

Mystic River
Director
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Oct 7o 20037.742 / 10
Man on Fire
Director
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Apr 23o 20047.464 / 10
L.A. Confidential
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Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Sep 19o 19977.792 / 10