1. Anthony Joseph Gilroy was born on September 11,1956 and is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
16 Facts About Tony Gilroy
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Tony Gilroy wrote the screenplays of The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, the first two films in the Bourne film franchise, and wrote and directed the fourth film of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy, as well as Michael Clayton and Duplicity.
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Tony Gilroy received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and the Best Original Screenplay for Michael Clayton.
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Tony Gilroy is the brother of screenwriter Dan Gilroy and editor John Gilroy.
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Tony Gilroy has two children, Sam and Kathryn, and is married to Susan Gilroy.
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Tony Gilroy graduated from Washingtonville High School in 1974 at 16 years old and attended Boston University for two years before dropping out to concentrate on his music career.
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Tony Gilroy has written many scripts for film, starting with the script for The Cutting Edge in 1992.
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Tony Gilroy was one of five credited writers on Michael Bay's Armageddon, the highest-grossing film of 1998.
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In 2009, Tony Gilroy wrote and directed the romantic comedy spy film Duplicity, starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Tom Wilkinson.
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In September 2013, Tony Gilroy delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series.
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Tony Gilroy wrote and directed his next film, Duplicity, released March 20,2009, and starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Tom Wilkinson.
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Tony Gilroy 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.
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In 2016, Tony Gilroy co-wrote the script to the sci-fi war film Rogue One, directed by Gareth Edwards.
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In October 2019, Tony Gilroy returned to the Star Wars franchise to serve as the showrunner for the Disney+ political spy drama Andor, taking over from Stephen Schiff.
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Tony Gilroy wrote five of the twelve episodes in the series' first season and was originally set to direct multiple episodes.
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Tony Gilroy based his storytelling about the character Cassian Andor on Joseph Stalin.