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Tony Gilroy

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Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) 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, he became the creator, showrunner, head writer and executive producer of its prequel series Andor (2022–2025) on Disney+. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Gilroy is the 1,112th most popular film director (up from 1,231st in 2019), the 7,808th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,177th in 2019) and the 291st most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tony Gilroy ranks 1,112 out of 2,041. Before him are Tigran Keosayan, Nina Companeez, Louis Leterrier, Ron Clements, Jean-Marc Vallée, and Raoul Peck. After him are Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Brian Yuzna, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Arne Sucksdorff, Fred Schepisi, and Sergio Amidei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tony Gilroy ranks 349. Before him are Cris Morena, Robert H. McNaught, Yurik Vardanyan, Eike Batista, Howard Davis Jr., and Sunny Deol. After him are Arthur Golden, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Hussein Ahmed Salah, Ilona Slupianek, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, and Jamie Dimon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Gilroy ranks 7,810 out of 20,380. Before him are Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Anderson .Paak (1986), Tina Knowles (1954), Denis Leary (1957), George Finnegan (1881), and Frederic Clements (1874). After him are Robert Chartoff (1933), Kim Dickens (1965), Alberta Hunter (1895), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), Tim Howard (1979), and Michael Behe (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tony Gilroy ranks 291. Before him are Mitchell Leisen (1898), Peter Farrelly (1956), Dorothy Arzner (1897), Doug Liman (1965), Lloyd Kaufman (1945), and Ron Clements (1953). After him are Barbara Hammer (1939), Stephen Sommers (1962), David R. Ellis (1952), Aaron Russo (1943), Scott Derrickson (1966), and Gordon Parks (1912).

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