FILM DIRECTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Gilroy has received more than 2,450,169 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dan Gilroy is the 1,441st most popular film director (down from 1,266th in 2019), the 10,082nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,851st in 2019) and the 385th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dan Gilroys by language

Over the past year Dan Gilroy has had the most page views in the with 256,483 views, followed by Italian (13,669), and German (9,886). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (369.73%), Ukrainian (49.20%), and Vietnamese (49.05%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dan Gilroy ranks 1,441 out of 2,041. Before him are Zoltán Huszárik, Vincenzo Natali, Ismail Merchant, Howard Zieff, Pablo Berger, and Alfred Braun. After him are Egon Günther, Lisa Cholodenko, Boris Sagal, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Peter Lord, and Raja Gosnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Dan Gilroy ranks 428. Before him are Eirik Kvalfoss, Boman Irani, Hisashi Kaneko, Toshio Masuda, John Lauridsen, and Patxi López. After him are David Hyde Pierce, Ernesto Canto, Ulrike Richter, Lika Kavzharadze, Richard Borcherds, and Ramón Calderé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Gilroy ranks 10,082 out of 20,380. Before him are Orlando Jones (1968), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Maria Canals-Barrera (1966), Dave Sheridan (1969), and Tony Cox (1958). After him are Dorothy Hamill (1956), Romeo Santos (1981), David Hyde Pierce (1959), Charles Grimes (1935), Junior Durkin (1915), and Charles Kieffer (1910).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dan Gilroy ranks 385. Before him are Victor Schertzinger (1888), Melvin Frank (1913), Patty Jenkins (1971), Jay Roach (1957), Vincenzo Natali (1969), and Howard Zieff (1927). After him are Lisa Cholodenko (1964), Raja Gosnell (1958), Vincent Sherman (1906), Rowland V. Lee (1891), Joseph Pevney (1911), and Mary Lambert (1951).

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Filmography

Kong: Skull Island
Director
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Mar 8o 20176.515 / 10
Real Steel
Director
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Sep 28o 20116.981 / 10
Nightcrawler
Director
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Oct 23o 20147.704 / 10