1. Brian Thomas Helgeland was born on January 17,1961 and is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director.
16 Facts About Brian Helgeland
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Brian Helgeland 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.
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Brian Helgeland majored in English at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth before following his father's work in fishing scallop.
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Brian Helgeland was fascinated by a book about film schools.
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Brian Helgeland applied for the film school at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the only one to agree to accept him in mid-semester.
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Brian Helgeland's agent arranged a meeting fo him with Rhet Topham, who had an idea for a horror comedy film but was having difficulty writing it.
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Brian Helgeland recommended Helgeland to New Line Cinema representatives, who wanted to do a new A Nightmare on Elm Street film.
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Brian Helgeland was paid $70,000 to write what was released as A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.
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Brian Helgeland earned $275,000 for his script for Highway to Hell, which was released in 1992.
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That year Brian Helgeland won a Razzie for The Postman, being one of only three people to have previously achieved this dubious feat.
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Brian Helgeland accepted the Razzie, the fourth person to receive the statuette in person, which was delivered to him in his office at Warner Bros.
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Brian Helgeland wrote and directed the films Payback, A Knight's Tale, The Order, 42, and Legend.
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Brian Helgeland has worked with director Clint Eastwood twice, in 2002 on Blood Work, and in 2003 on Mystic River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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In 2004, Brian Helgeland co-wrote the screenplay for The Bourne Supremacy, for which he was uncredited.
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Brian Helgeland wrote the screenplay for the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, replacing screenwriter David Koepp.
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On May 4,2017, HBO announced that Brian Helgeland was one of four writers working on a potential pilot for a Game of Thrones spin-off.