Tony Gilroy

American screenwriter (born 1956)

Tony Gilroy

Gilroy in 2012 at The Bourne Legacy premiere in Sydney

Born|

Anthony Joseph Gilroy

(1956-09-11) September 11, 1956 (age 67)

New York City, U.S.

Occupations|

* Screenwriter
* producer
* director

Years active| 1992–present
Spouse| Susan Gilroy
Children| 2
Parent|

* Frank D. Gilroy (father)

Relatives| Dan Gilroy (brother)
John Gilroy (brother)

Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays for the original Bourne trilogy (2002–2007) and wrote and directed the fourth film of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy (2012). He also wrote and directed Michael Clayton (2007) and Duplicity (2009), earning nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the former.

In 2016, Gilroy was hired by Lucasfilm to provide rewrites and uncredited reshoots for Rogue One. He later returned to the Star Wars universe as the showrunner, head writer and executive producer of Andor (2022–present), a Disney+ political spy drama series chronicling the evolution of Cassian Andor over a five-year period preceding the events of Rogue One.

## Personal life

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Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Ruth Dorothy (née Gaydos), a sculptor and writer, and Frank D. Gilroy, an award-winning playwright, director, and movie producer, who received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Subject Was Roses in 1965. He is the brother of screenwriter Dan Gilroy and editor John Gilroy.[1][2] Through his father, he is of Italian, Irish and German descent.[3] He has two children, Sam and Kathryn, and is married to Susan Gilroy.

Gilroy was raised in Washingtonville, New York.[4] He graduated from Washingtonville High School in 1974[5][6] at 16 years old[7] and attended Boston University for two years before dropping out to concentrate on his music career.[4][8]

## Career

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Gilroy in March 2009.

### Writing

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Gilroy has written many scripts for film, starting with the script for The Cutting Edge in 1992. This was followed by Dolores Claiborne in 1995 and The Devil's Advocate in 1997. He was one of five credited writers on Michael Bay's Armageddon, the highest-grossing film of 1998. Gilroy's next script was Proof of Life in 2000. In 2002, 2003 and 2007 he wrote the screenplays for The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, and wrote and directed the next installment of the Bourne series, The Bourne Legacy (2012).

Also in 2007, he wrote and directed the film Michael Clayton, which won an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay,[9] and was nominated for several Academy Awards including screenplay. In 2009, Gilroy wrote and directed the romantic comedy spy film Duplicity, starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Tom Wilkinson. Gilroy was set, along with The Bourne Ultimatum co-screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, to write the script for the upcoming film Army of Two, based on the video game from EA Montreal.

In September 2013, Gilroy delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series.[10]

In 2018, he received a Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival.[11]

### Directing

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Gilroy's directorial debut was in 2007, when he directed the film Michael Clayton, which his brother John Gilroy edited. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. In addition to its Edgar Award, the film won one Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton). The film was a box office success, grossing over $92 million worldwide.

He also wrote and directed his next film, Duplicity, released March 20, 2009, and starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Tom Wilkinson. He then took over as director of the next entry in the Bourne series as well as co-writing; the film, The Bourne Legacy, was released August 10, 2012, starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, and Albert Finney.

### Star Wars

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In 2016, Gilroy co-wrote the script to the sci-fi war film Rogue One, directed by Gareth Edwards. It is a prequel to the 1977 classic Star Wars. Gilroy shared writing duties with fellow filmmaker Chris Weitz.

In October 2019, Gilroy returned to the Star Wars franchise to serve as the showrunner for the Disney+ political spy drama Andor, taking over from Stephen Schiff. Gilroy wrote five of the twelve episodes in the series' first season and was also originally set to direct multiple episodes.[12] However, Toby Haynes took over as the director of these episodes due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.[13] After multiple delays, Andor premiered on September 21, 2022, and received widespread critical acclaim. It received a total of eight Emmy nominations, including a nomination for the best drama series and nods for writing, directing, cinematography and musical score.[14]

Gilroy based his storytelling about the character Cassian Andor on Joseph Stalin. Of the star of the series, Diego Luna, Gilroy remarked to Rolling Stone, "If you look at a picture of Young Stalin, isn't he glamorous? He looks like Diego!" [15]

## Filmography

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### Feature films

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer  | Notes

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1992  | The Cutting Edge | No  | Yes  | No  |
1995  | Dolores Claiborne | No  | Yes  | No  |
1996  | Extreme Measures | No  | Yes  | No  |
1997  | The Devil's Advocate | No  | Yes  | No  |
1998  | Armageddon | No  | Adaptation  | No  |
2000  | Bait | No  | Yes  | Executive  |
Proof of Life | No  | Yes  | Executive  |
2002  | The Bourne Identity | No  | Yes  | No  |
2004  | The Bourne Supremacy | No  | Yes  | No  |
2007  | The Bourne Ultimatum | No  | Yes  | No  |
Michael Clayton | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Uncredited voice cameo as "Taxi Driver"
2009  | Duplicity | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
State of Play | No  | Yes  | No  |
2012  | The Bourne Legacy | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
2014  | Nightcrawler | No  | No  | Yes  |
2016  | Rogue One | No  | Yes  | No  | Uncredited director of reshoots;
Uncredited voice cameo as "Rebel Flight Controller"
The Great Wall | No  | Yes  | No  |
2018  | Beirut | No  | Yes  | Yes  |

Uncredited writing works

Year  | Title  | Notes

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1998  | Enemy of the State | [16]
2021  | The Woman in the Window | Rewrites for reshoots[17]

### Television

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Year(s)  | Title  | Writer  | Producer  | Notes

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1993  | For Better and for Worse | Yes  | No  | Television movie
2015–2016  | House of Cards | No  | Consulting  | 26 episodes
2018  | Hammerhead: The Superior Project | No  | Executive  | Television movie
2022–present  | Andor | Yes  | Executive  | Creator and executive producer (12 episodes)
Writer (5 episodes)

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Title  | Award  | Category  | Result

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2007  | Michael Clayton | Academy Awards | Best Director | Nominated
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
BAFTA Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | Nominated
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directing - Feature Film | Nominated
Satellite Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award | Best Original Screenplay  | Nominated
2022  | Andor | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated
Peabody Awards | Entertainment  | Won

## References

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1. ^ "Frank D. Gilroy Biography (1925-)". filmreference.com.
2. ^ "Tony Gilroy Biography ((?)-)". filmreference.com.
3. ^ Frank D. Gilroy
4. ^ a b Max, D.T. (March 16, 2009). "Twister". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
5. ^ McKnight, Dale (February 2010). "Making the Grade: Examining the Valley's High Schools". Hudson Valley Magazine. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
6. ^ Lussier, Germain (January 23, 2008). "7 Oscar nominations for Washingtonville's Tony Gilroy and 'Michael Clayton'". recordonline.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
7. ^ Lussier, Germain (October 12, 2007). "'Michael Clayton' starring George Clooney, Blooming Grove, Moodna Viaduct and a directorial debut by Washingtonville grad Tony Gilroy". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
8. ^ Feeney, Mark (October 7, 2007). "Writer's move to director goes according to script". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
9. ^ "The Edgar Allan Poe Awards". Bookreporter.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
10. ^ "Tony Gilroy Delivers his BAFTA Screenwriters' Lecture". BAFTA. September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
11. ^ "2018 Winners". Austin Film Festival. October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
12. ^ Otterson, Joe (October 15, 2019). "'Rogue One' Writer Tony Gilroy Joins Cassian Andor 'Star Wars' Series at Disney Plus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
13. ^ Kroll, Justin (September 22, 2020). "'Black Mirror's Toby Haynes To Direct 'Rogue One' Spin-Off Series at Disney+ As Tony Gilroy Steps Aside As Director". Deadline Hollywood.
14. ^ Brenzican, Anthony (August 17, 2023). "'Andor': Inside the Making of a Perfect 'Star Wars' Episode". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
15. ^ "How 'Andor' Drew from… Joseph Stalin? Plus: Inside Season 2 of the Revolutionary Star Wars Show". Rolling Stone. November 10, 2022.
16. ^ "Enemy of the State (1998)". Motion State Review. November 28, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
17. ^ "The Woman in the Window: Tony Gilroy Was Brought in to Write the Reshoots on the Amy Adams Thriller". The Playlist. Retrieved September 8, 2022.

## External links

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Films written and directed|

* Michael Clayton (2007)
* Duplicity (2009)
* The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Films written|

* The Cutting Edge (1992)
* Dolores Claiborne (1995)
* Extreme Measures (1996)
* The Devil's Advocate (1997)
* Armageddon (1998)
* Bait (2000)
* Proof of Life (2000)
* The Bourne Identity (2002)
* The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
* The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
* State of Play (2009)
* Rogue One (2016)
* The Great Wall (2016)
* Beirut (2018)

TV series created|

* Andor (2022–present)

TV episodes written|

* "Kassa"
* "That Would Be Me"
* "Reckoning"
* "Daughter of Ferrix"
* "Rix Road"

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director

* Robert Altman (2001)
* Roman Polanski (2002)
* Joel Schumacher (2003)
* Mike Nichols (2004)
* Steven Spielberg (2005)
* Clint Eastwood (2006)
* Tony Gilroy (2007)
* Gus Van Sant (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
* Danny Boyle (2010)
* Stephen Daldry (2011)
* Steven Spielberg (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Ridley Scott (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Spike Lee (2018)
* Martin Scorsese (2019)
* Aaron Sorkin (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Baz Luhrmann (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)

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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

1940s|

* John Paxton (1946)
* Anthony Veiller (1947)
* John Paxton (1948)
* Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman, and Quentin Reynolds (1949)

1950s|

* Mel Dinelli and Cornell Woolrich (1950)
* Ben Maddow (1951)
* Michael Wilson (1952)
* Michael Wilson and Otto Lang (1953)
* Sydney Boehm (1954)
* John Michael Hayes (1955)
* Joseph Hayes (1956)
* Reginald Rose (1958)
* Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith (1959)

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* Ernest Lehman (1960)
* Joseph Stefano (1961)
* William Archibald and Truman Capote (1962)
* Peter Stone (1964)
* Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller (1965)
* Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper (1966)
* William Goldman (1967)
* Stirling Silliphant (1968)
* Harry Kleiner and Alan Trustman (1969)

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* Costa Gavras and Jorge Semprún (1970)
* Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro (1971)
* Ernest Tidyman (1972)
* Anthony Shaffer (1973)
* Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim (1974)
* Robert Towne (1975)
* David Rayfiel and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (1976)
* Ernest Lehman (1977)
* Robert Benton (1978)
* William Goldman (1979)

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* Michael Crichton (1980)
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* Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (1982)
* Barrie Keeffe (1983)
* Dennis Potter (1984)
* Charles Fuller (1985)
* William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace (1986)
* E. Max Frye (1987)
* Jim Kouf (1988)
* Errol Morris (1989)

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* Quentin Tarantino (1995)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1996)
* Billy Bob Thornton (1997)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1998)
* Scott Frank and Elmore Leonard (1999)

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* Guy Ritchie (2000)
* Stephen Gaghan and Simon Moore (2001)
* Christopher Nolan (2002)
* Bill Condon (2003)
* Steven Knight (2004)
* Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Sébastien Japrisot (2005)
* Stephen Gaghan and Robert Baer (2006)
* William Monahan (2007)
* Tony Gilroy (2008)
* Martin McDonagh (2009)

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