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Dan Gilroy

1959 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Dan Gilroy is the 1,469th most popular film director (down from 1,443rd in 2024), the 10,717th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,083rd in 2019) and the 397th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dan Gilroy ranks 1,469 out of 2,041. Before him are Stefano Sollima, Josef Fares, Robert Schwentke, Joseph Kosinski, Doris Dörrie, and Pablo Berger. After him are Attila Dargay, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Ellen Kuras, Montxo Armendáriz, Ken Burns, and Melvin Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Dan Gilroy ranks 453. Before him are Lutz Dombrowski, Alan Taylor, Tshering Yangdon, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Pedro Pierluisi, and Zoé Valdés. After him are Ken Kirzinger, Daniel Xuereb, Ellen Kuras, Cherie Currie, Urs Zimmermann, and Kathy Hilton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Gilroy ranks 10,719 out of 20,380. Before him are Elaine de Kooning (1918), Ben Cardin (1943), Maud Barger-Wallach (1870), Michael Wong (1965), John T. Scopes (1900), and Sara Foster (1981). After him are John Thune (1961), Gauge (1980), Kerr Smith (1972), William Dickey (1874), Katie Bouman (1989), and Keith Szarabajka (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dan Gilroy ranks 397. Before him are Jennifer Lynch (1968), Tim Miller (1964), Sally Menke (1953), Lee Garmes (1898), Alan Taylor (1959), and Joseph Kosinski (1974). After him are Ellen Kuras (1959), Ken Burns (1953), Melvin Frank (1913), Allen Daviau (1942), Peter Segal (1962), and Dick Richards (1936).

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