Dan Gilroy

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{{Infobox person

| name = Dan Gilroy

| image = Dan Gilroy 2014.jpg

| caption = Gilroy at Fantastic Fest 2014

| birth_name = Daniel Christopher Gilroy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|6|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| alma_mater = Dartmouth College (BA)

| occupation = Screenwriter, film director

| yearsactive = 1992–present

| spouse = {{married|Rene Russo|1992}}

| children = 1

| father = Frank D. Gilroy

| mother = Ruth Dorothy Gaydos

| relations = Tony Gilroy (brother)
John Gilroy (twin brother)

}}

Daniel Christopher Gilroy{{cite book|last1=Umland|first1=Samuel J.|title=The Tim Burton Encyclopedia|year=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=United States|isbn=978-0-8108-9200-2|page=124}} (born June 24, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing and directing Nightcrawler (2014), for which he won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards, and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards. His other screenwriting credits include Freejack (1992), Two for the Money (2005), The Fall (2006), Real Steel (2011), and The Bourne Legacy (2012)—the last in collaboration with his brother Tony Gilroy. His wife, Rene Russo, has also been his frequent collaborator since the two met in 1992 and married later that year.{{efn|Rene Russo appeared in Freejack, Two for the Money, Nightcrawler, and Velvet Buzzsaw—all films that Gilroy has written.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/velvet-buzzsaw-director-budget-was-big-hollywood-studios-1181768|title=Netflix Gave 'Velvet Buzzsaw' Filmmaker Dan Gilroy the Budget No Studio Would|last=Davids|first=Brian|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 1, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}}}}

Early life and education

Dan Gilroy was born on June 24, 1959, in Santa Monica, California.{{cite web|title=Dan Gilroy|date=February 23, 2015 |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/dan-gilroy-57313594/|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=November 8, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314151216/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/dan-gilroy-57313594/|archive-date=March 14, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/coloradosunday/ci_11953314 |title=Tony Gilroy writes himself perfect role: intrepid filmmaker |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=March 22, 2009 |first=Lisa |last=Kennedy |access-date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112083314/http://www.denverpost.com/coloradosunday/ci_11953314 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 }} He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Frank D. Gilroy,{{cite news|title=Frank D Gilroy, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, dies aged 89|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/sep/14/frank-d-gilroy-playwright-dies-aged-89|access-date=November 8, 2017|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 14, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151615/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/sep/14/frank-d-gilroy-playwright-dies-aged-89|archive-date=November 8, 2017}} and sculptor and writer Ruth Dorothy Gaydos. His brother, Tony, is a screenwriter and director, and his fraternal twin brother, John, is a film editor.{{cite news|last1=Wagner|first1=Pamela Mason|title=Director's Cut|url=https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/directors-cut|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|issue=March–April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108152208/https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/directors-cut|archive-date=November 8, 2017}} Dan Gilroy remembered that as a boy, seeing his father work and write at home full-time simplified the intricacies of becoming a writer.

Gilroy grew up in Washingtonville, New York, where he attended Washingtonville High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051007/ENTERTAIN/310079936 |title=Lots of local affiliation to major Hollywood films |work=Times Herald-Record |date=October 7, 2005 |first=Chris |last=Farlekas |access-date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112085621/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051007%2FENTERTAIN%2F310079936 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 }} In 1981, he graduated with a degree in English literature from Dartmouth College, which his father also attended.{{cite magazine|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|title=Frank Gilroy, Pulitzer-Winning Subject Was Roses Scribe, Dies at 89|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/frank-gilroy-dead-subject-was-roses-1201592643/|access-date=November 8, 2017|magazine=Variety|date=September 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628175325/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/frank-gilroy-dead-subject-was-roses-1201592643/|archive-date=June 28, 2017}} At Dartmouth, he and Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr were classmates and attended a class taught by David Thomson, another film critic. Gilroy developed a strong interest in written works of the Victorian era—chiefly those of Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot.

Career

Gilroy's debut novel, a thriller titled Sight Unseen, was published by Carroll & Graf Publishers in 1989. It tells the story of an NSA satellite analyst who discovers a sunken Russian submarine off the coast of California containing the remains of American sailors.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-88184-469-6|title=Sight Unseen|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=November 20, 2023}} Reviewing for The New York Times, Newgate Callendar called the novel "a clever, smoothly written piece of work that is never dull."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/16/books/spies-thrillers.html|title=Spies & Thrillers|last=Callendar|first=Newgate|author-link=Newgate Callendar|work=The New York Times|date=June 16, 1989|access-date=November 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1989/9/1/dartmouth-authors|title=Dartmouth Authors|work=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|date=September 1, 1989|access-date=November 20, 2023}}

Gilroy began his screenwriting career by co-writing the science fiction thriller Freejack (1992) with Steven Pressfield and Ronald Shusett, directed by Geoff Murphy and based on the novel Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley.{{cite news|last1=Maslin|first1=Janet|title=Review/Film; Scurrying Back in Time In Search of a Healthy Body|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE7DC1E38F93BA25752C0A964958260|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 18, 1992|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114114/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE7DC1E38F93BA25752C0A964958260|archive-date=July 1, 2017}} There, he met the film's co-star Rene Russo, whom he married later that year. After Freejack, he wrote for the films Chasers (1994), Two for the Money (2005), and The Fall (2006).{{cite news|last1=Goldstein|first1=Gregg|title=10 Directors to Watch: Dan Gilroy Dissects L.A. in Nightcrawler, Next Project|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/features/10-directors-to-watch-dan-gilroy-1201391333/|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=Variety|date=January 2, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628165402/http://variety.com/2015/film/features/10-directors-to-watch-dan-gilroy-1201391333/|archive-date=June 28, 2017}} In his positive review of Two for the Money, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said Gilroy's script "is about three people who are transformed in relation to one another, as a situation develops that is equally dangerous all the way around".{{cite news|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=Two for the Money Review (2005)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/two-for-the-money-2005|access-date=November 8, 2017|publisher=RogerEbert.com|date=October 6, 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210256/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/two-for-the-money-2005|archive-date=November 8, 2017}}

With Jeremy Leven, he co-wrote for Real Steel (2011), directed by Shawn Levy and based on Richard Matheson's short story "Steel".{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=Bare-Knuckle Bots, Showing Their Mettle in the Boxing Ring|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/movies/real-steel-a-tale-of-robot-boxers-review.html|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=October 6, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504224614/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/movies/real-steel-a-tale-of-robot-boxers-review.html|archive-date=May 4, 2016}} He co-wrote with his brother Tony Gilroy the script for The Bourne Legacy (2012), which was edited by his fraternal twin brother, John Gilroy. Directed by Tony Gilroy, the film is inspired by Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne novel series.{{cite news|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|title=The Bourne Legacy|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/the-bourne-legacy-1117948003/|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=Variety|date=August 6, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627124916/http://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/the-bourne-legacy-1117948003/|archive-date=June 27, 2017}} Manohla Dargis of The New York Times described the Gilroys' script as something that "has given [Tony] much more to wrangle—locations, characters, hardware, franchise expectations—than he's had to deal with in the past",{{cite news|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|title=Bourne, Under New Management|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/movies/movie-review-the-bourne-legacy.html|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=August 9, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326232001/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/movies/movie-review-the-bourne-legacy.html|archive-date=March 26, 2017}} while Toronto Star reviewer Peter Howell said it resorted "too much into jabbering and jargon and not enough into action".{{cite news|last1=Howell|first1=Peter|title=The Bourne Legacy review: Thrill killer|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2012/08/09/the_bourne_legacy_review_thrill_killer.html|access-date=November 10, 2017|work=Toronto Star|date=August 9, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215213734/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2012/08/09/the_bourne_legacy_review_thrill_killer.html|archive-date=December 15, 2013}}

Gilroy made his directorial debut with the thriller Nightcrawler (2014),{{cite news|title=If You Don't Read this Interview with Nightcrawler Director Dan Gilroy, Something Terrible Will Happen to You!|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nightcrawler-dan-gilroy-interview-jake-gyllenhaal-101334543237.html|access-date=November 10, 2017|work=Yahoo! Movies|date=October 31, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110111136/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nightcrawler-dan-gilroy-interview-jake-gyllenhaal-101334543237.html|archive-date=November 10, 2017}} which starred Jake Gyllenhaal,

Rene Russo, and Riz Ahmed.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/movies/nightcrawler-stars-jake-gyllenhaal-as-an-obsessive.html|title=The First Responder Is a Cameraman, Nightcrawler Stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an Obsessive|first=A. O.|last=Scott|author-link=A. O. Scott|date=October 30, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224032823/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/movies/nightcrawler-stars-jake-gyllenhaal-as-an-obsessive.html|archive-date=February 24, 2015}} Gilroy also wrote the script, which he conceived in 1988 after reading the photo-book Naked City, a collection of photographs taken by American photographer Weegee of 1940s New York City residents at night.{{cite magazine|last=Friend|first=Tad|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/10/rembrandt-lighting|title=Rembrandt Lighting|magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=July 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821231556/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/10/rembrandt-lighting|archive-date=August 21, 2016}} Gilroy did not begin writing the script until he moved to Los Angeles two years later, when he recognized an abundance of violent stories on television news. According to Gilroy, he considers the film to be a success story about a modern equivalent of Weegee, and a cautionary tale about the risks posed by capitalism. Nightcrawler was well received by the press on release, as was Gilroy's script,{{cite magazine|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/10/31/nightcrawler-review/|title='Nightcrawler': The reviews are in...|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 31, 2014|access-date=August 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824222941/http://ew.com/article/2014/10/31/nightcrawler-review/|archive-date=August 24, 2017}} for which he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards,{{cite web|last=Han |first=Angie |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2015-academy-awards-nominations/ |title=2015 Academy Awards Nominations |publisher=/Film |date=January 15, 2015 |access-date=September 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027123401/http://www.slashfilm.com/2015-academy-awards-nominations/ |archive-date=October 27, 2016}} and won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards.{{cite web|last=Rich |first=Katey |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/independent-spirit-award-winners |title=Complete List of Film Independent Spirit Award Winners |work=Vanity Fair |date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412225629/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/independent-spirit-award-winners |archive-date=April 12, 2016 }} At the Independent Spirit Awards, Gilroy closed his acceptance speech by lamenting the proliferation of superhero films in Hollywood.{{cite news|title=Dan Gilroy on the "Tsunami of Superhero Movies" at the Independent Spirit Awards|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/dan-gilroy-tsunami-superhero-movies-776065|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 21, 2015|time=0:13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408174418/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/dan-gilroy-tsunami-superhero-movies-776065|archive-date=April 8, 2015}}

In 2017, he co-wrote Jordan Vogt-Roberts's adventure Kong: Skull Island with Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly,{{cite news|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|title=Review: Kong: Skull Island Crosses a 1933 Classic With Apocalypse Now|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/movies/kong-skull-island-review-brie-larson.html|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 9, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827111343/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/movies/kong-skull-island-review-brie-larson.html|archive-date=August 27, 2017}} and wrote and directed Roman J. Israel, Esq., a legal drama starring Denzel Washington.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/denzel-washington-dan-gilroy-inner-city-1201844650/|title=Denzel Washington Circling Dan Gilroy's Legal Drama Inner City (EXCLUSIVE)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916052605/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/denzel-washington-dan-gilroy-inner-city-1201844650/|archive-date=September 16, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Borys|first1=Kit|title=Sony's Denzel Washington Legal Drama Gets Title (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sonys-denzel-washington-legal-drama-gets-title-1016032|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915223324/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sonys-denzel-washington-legal-drama-gets-title-1016032|archive-date=September 15, 2017}} Gilroy conceived of Roman J. Israel after doing extensive research about the 1960s where many Americans have staunchly protested and advocated certain individual and group rights.{{cite news|last1=Mokry|first1=Natalie|title=A Conversation with Dan Gilroy|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/dan-gilroy-roman-j-israel-esq-working-writerdirector-discovering-story/|access-date=December 1, 2017|publisher=Film School Rejects|date=November 14, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201183939/https://filmschoolrejects.com/dan-gilroy-roman-j-israel-esq-working-writerdirector-discovering-story/|archive-date=December 1, 2017}} The script had started as a spec, whose title role he wrote specifically for Washington; Gilroy has said that he would not have made the film had Washington declined to take over the role.{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Dan Gilroy Encouraged Denzel Washington To Change Lanes For Roman J. Israel Esq.|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/roman-j-israel-esq-dan-gilroy-denzel-washington-oscars-interview-1202209167/|access-date=December 1, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130044148/https://deadline.com/2017/11/roman-j-israel-esq-dan-gilroy-denzel-washington-oscars-interview-1202209167/|archive-date=November 30, 2017}} After its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), he re-edited the film by trimming thirteen minutes of runtime to get the plot to arrive quickly as the previous cut had laid much emphasis on the characters.{{cite web|last1=Cook|first1=Tommy|title=Dan Gilroy on Roman J. Israel Esq., Re-Editing the Film After TIFF, and More|url=https://collider.com/dan-gilroy-interview-roman-j-israel-esq/#images|access-date=December 1, 2017|website=Collider|date=November 23, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201184030/http://collider.com/dan-gilroy-interview-roman-j-israel-esq/#images|archive-date=December 1, 2017}} On release, although Washington's performance was mostly praised,{{refn|{{cite magazine|last1=Travers|first1=Peter|title=Roman J. Israel, Esq Review: 'Great' Denzel Washington Breaks New Ground|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/travers-denzel-washington-great-in-roman-j-israel-esq-w511642|access-date=December 1, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044500/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/travers-denzel-washington-great-in-roman-j-israel-esq-w511642|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Kenigsberg|first1=Ben|title=Review: In 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.,' Denzel Washington as a Lawyer Out of His Element|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/movies/roman-j-israel-review-denzel-washington.html|access-date=December 1, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201232652/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/movies/roman-j-israel-review-denzel-washington.html|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Chris|title=Denzel Washington is great in the less-great Roman J. Israel, Esq.: EW review|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/11/17/roman-j-israel-esq-review/|access-date=December 1, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126142844/http://ew.com/movies/2017/11/17/roman-j-israel-esq-review/|archive-date=November 26, 2017}}}} Gilroy's script for the film drew ambivalent responses from the press: Peter Travers at Rolling Stone praised it as "above standard-issue legal thriller but below the transcendent personal drama it aspires to be", while Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Chris Nashawaty felt it was ultimately a letdown.

From 2022 to 2025, Gilroy served as a writer on the acclaimed Star Wars series Andor, which was created by his brother Tony. He wrote three episodes for each of the series' two seasons. In April 2025, it was announced that Gilroy would write a Miami Vice film to be directed by Joseph Kosinski. It will be a reboot of the Miami Vice franchise following the original television series and 2006 film.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/miami-vice-movie-in-the-works-with-joseph-kosinski-1236202540/|title=‘Miami Vice’ Movie in the Works With Joseph Kosinski Directing|last=Couch|first=Aaron|date=April 28, 2025|access-date=April 28, 2025|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}

=Other projects=

Gilroy was hired by Tim Burton to re-write Wesley Strick's Superman Lives script, making it more budget conscious and expanding the psychology for the final shooting drafts before it was cancelled by WB. Gilroy later appeared in the documentary The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015) to recount his contribution to the project.{{cite magazine|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened?: What really killed the '90s superhero project?|first=Clark|last=Collis|date=July 1, 2015|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/01/death-superman-lives-what-happened-exclusive-clip|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704032258/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/01/death-superman-lives-what-happened-exclusive-clip|archive-date=July 4, 2015}} In 2011, he was due to write a film adaptation of the comic strip adventure The Annihilator.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/real-steel-writer-dan-gilroy-to-pen-asian-themed-superhero-the-annihilator-for-stan-lee-114217/|title=Real Steel Writer Dan Gilroy To Pen Asian-Themed Superhero The Annihilator For Stan Lee|first=Drew|last=Taylor|date=December 7, 2011|access-date=November 8, 2017|publisher=IndieWire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023020/http://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/real-steel-writer-dan-gilroy-to-pen-asian-themed-superhero-the-annihilator-for-stan-lee-114217/|archive-date=November 9, 2017}}

Personal life

Gilroy resides in Los Angeles with actress Rene Russo, to whom he has been married since 1992.{{cite news|last1=Sragow|first1=Michael|title=Interview: Dan Gilroy|url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-dan-gilroy-nightcrawler-dan-gilroy/|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=Film Comment|issn=0015-119X|date=February 10, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093026/https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-dan-gilroy-nightcrawler-dan-gilroy/|archive-date=October 28, 2017}} The couple has a daughter, Rose.{{cite news|last1=Okwodu|first1=Janelle|title=Will Rene Russo's Daughter Be Fashion's New Favorite Face?|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rose-gilroy-rene-russo-second-generation-model|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=Vogue|date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313001537/http://www.vogue.com/article/rose-gilroy-rene-russo-second-generation-model|archive-date=March 13, 2017}}

Filmography

Film

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1992

|Freejack

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| {{yes}}

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1994

|Chasers

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| align="center" |{{cite news|last1=Maslin|first1=Janet|title=Review/Film; Digression And Color Are All of It For Hopper|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9806EEDC1131F930A15757C0A962958260|access-date=November 8, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=April 23, 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819090350/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9806EEDC1131F930A15757C0A962958260|archive-date=August 19, 2016}}

2005

|Two for the Money

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|Also executive producer

| align="center" |{{cite book|last1=Schoell|first1=William|title=Al Pacino: In Films and on Stage|date=April 13, 2016|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=United States|isbn=978-0-7864-7196-6|pages=141|edition=2nd}}

2006

|The Fall

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| align="center" |{{cite news|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=The Fall Review and Film Summary (2006)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fall-2008|access-date=November 8, 2017|publisher=RogerEbert.com|date=May 29, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210422/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fall-2008|archive-date=November 8, 2017}}

2011

|Real Steel

| {{no}}

| {{Partial|Story}}

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2012

|The Bourne Legacy

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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2014

|Nightcrawler

| {{yes}}

| Directorial debut

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rowspan=2| 2017

|Kong: Skull Island

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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Roman J. Israel, Esq.

| {{yes}}

| Formerly titled Inner City

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2019

|Velvet Buzzsaw

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