Tony Gilroy
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| Born | Anthony Joseph Gilroy September 11, 1956 New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | Susan Gilroy |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Frank D. Gilroy |
| Relatives | Dan Gilroy (brother) John Gilroy (brother) |
Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956)[1] is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays of The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), the first three films in the Bourne film franchise, and wrote and directed the fourth film of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy (2012), as well as Michael Clayton (2007) and Duplicity (2009).
He received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and the Best Original Screenplay for Michael Clayton. After co-writing the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016), for which he directed uncredited reshoots,[2] he became the creator, showrunner, head writer and executive producer of its prequel series Andor (2022–2025) on Disney+.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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. He is the brother of screenwriter Dan Gilroy and editor John Gilroy.[3][4] Through his father, he is of Italian, Irish and German descent.[5] He has two children, Sam and Kathryn, and is married to Susan Gilroy.
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Gilroy was raised in Washingtonville, New York.[6] He graduated from Washingtonville High School in 1974[7][8] at 16 years old[9] and attended Boston University for two years before dropping out to concentrate on his music career.[6][10]
Career
[edit | edit source]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,[11] 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.[citation needed]
In September 2013, Gilroy delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series.[12]
In 2018, he received a Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival.[13]
Directing
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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 film 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.[14] However, Toby Haynes took over as the director of these episodes due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.[15] After multiple delays, Andor premiered on September 21, 2022, and received widespread critical acclaim. Its first season received a total of eight Emmy nominations, including a nomination for the best drama series and nods for writing, directing, cinematography and musical score.[16] The second season received fourteen nominations in 2025, winning for five, including Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, awarded to Gilroy's brother Dan for the episode "Welcome to the Rebellion".
Post-Andor work
[edit | edit source]In March 2025, it was reported that Tony Gilroy was shopping a new feature film he would write and direct, starring Oscar Isaac. The film, titled Behemoth!, was acquired by Searchlight Pictures and is set to star Pedro Pascal (replacing Isaac), David Harbour, Eva Victor, and Olivia Wilde.[17][18][19][20][21] [22]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Feature films
[edit | edit source]| 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 | |
| TBA | Behemoth! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Filming |
Uncredited writing works
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1998 | Enemy of the State | [23] |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | limited rewrites[24] |
| 2014 | Godzilla | rewrites[25] |
| 2021 | The Woman in the Window | Rewrites for reshoots[26] |
Television
[edit | edit source]| 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 (seasons 3 and 4) |
| 2022–2025 | Andor | Yes | Executive | Creator and executive producer (24 episodes) Writer (8 episodes) Uncredited voice cameo as "Rebel Flight Controller"[a] |
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| 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 Awards | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated | ||
| Edgar Awards | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Won | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | ||
| Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | Nominated | ||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Andor | 75th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated |
| Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Won | ||
| 2025 | 77th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated | |
| 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics[b] | Nominated |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ For season 2, episode 11 "Who Else Knows?"
- ^ for "We Are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)" by Nicholas Britell and Gilroy, featured in "Who Are You?"
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External links
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- Tony Gilroy at IMDb
- Profile in The New Yorker (March 9, 2009)
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- American male screenwriters
- American male television writers
- American people of German descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American showrunners
- American television writers
- American writers of Italian descent
- Boston University College of Communication alumni
- Edgar Award winners
- Film directors from New York City
- Film producers from New York (state)
- People from Washingtonville, New York
- Screenwriters from New York City
- Television producers from New York City
- Washingtonville High School alumni
- Writers from Manhattan