Tony Gilroy
Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays for the original Bourne trilogy (2002–2007) and wrote and directed the fourth film of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy (2012). He also wrote and directed Michael Clayton (2007) and Duplicity (2009), earning nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the former.
Tony Gilroy
September 11, 1956
- Screenwriter
- producer
- director
1992–present
Susan Gilroy
2
- Frank D. Gilroy (father)
Dan Gilroy (brother)
John Gilroy (brother)
In 2016, Gilroy was hired by Lucasfilm to provide rewrites and uncredited reshoots for Rogue One. He later returned to the Star Wars universe as the showrunner, head writer and executive producer of Andor (2022–present), a Disney+ political spy drama series chronicling the evolution of Cassian Andor over a five-year period preceding the events of Rogue One.
Personal life[edit]
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, who received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Subject Was Roses in 1965. He is the brother of screenwriter Dan Gilroy and editor John Gilroy.[1][2] Through his father, he is of Italian, Irish and German descent.[3]
He has two children, Sam and Kathryn, and is married to Susan Gilroy.
Gilroy was raised in Washingtonville, New York.[4] He graduated from Washingtonville High School in 1974[5][6] at 16 years old[7] and attended Boston University for two years before dropping out to concentrate on his music career.[4][8]