Brian William Koppelman was born on April 27,1966 and is an American television and film writer, producer and director.
16 Facts About Brian Koppelman
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Brian Koppelman holds degrees from Tufts University and Fordham University School of Law.
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Brian Koppelman first started managing local Long Island bands as a teenager.
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Brian Koppelman was later brought to Giant Records by president Irving Azoff.
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In 1997, Brian Koppelman wrote the original screenplay for Rounders with his writing partner, David Levien.
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Brian Koppelman has described his approach to writing as a team as having only one rule: no video games in the office.
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In 2001, Brian Koppelman wrote, produced, and directed his first film, Knockaround Guys, which film critic Roger Ebert gave 3 out of 4 stars.
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Since then, Brian Koppelman has worked on a dozen films, including having written Ocean's Thirteen and directed an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, This Is What They Want.
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Additionally, since March 2014, Brian Koppelman has hosted a weekly podcast, "The Moment", on ESPN Radio.
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In October, 2013, Brian Koppelman received significant media attention for releasing a series of videos on the platform Vine in which he gives screenwriting advice in six seconds or less called "Six Second Screenwriting Lessons".
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Brian Koppelman has written a short story, "Wednesday is Viktor's", for the anthology Dark City Lights: New York Stories, published in 2015.
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Brian Koppelman has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
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In 2014, Brian Koppelman won an Emmy Award for his 30 for 30 documentary.
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In 1992, Brian Koppelman married novelist Amy Levine at the Central Synagogue in Manhattan.
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Brian Koppelman's sister is Jennifer Koppelman Hutt, who hosts a Sirius Satellite Radio show called Just Jenny.
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Brian Koppelman is a fan of the Knicks, Jets, and Yankees.