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Tony Gilroy
Birth at
11 September 1956
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Date of birth: 11.9.1956
Writer, director, producer.
Tony Gilroy is the director whose debut film was Michael Clayton, which received seven Oscar nominations in 2008. Two of them ("Best Director" and "Best Original Screenplay")
Before the creation of Michael Clayton, Gilroy was known as a screenwriter with an excellent pedigree. The scripts are written by his father Frank D. Gilroy (Pulitzer Prize winner), as well as brothers John and Dan. Tony Gilroy himself is the author of the plots of such
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Date of birth: 11.9.1956
Writer, director, producer.
Tony Gilroy is the director whose debut film was Michael Clayton, which received seven Oscar nominations in 2008. Two of them ("Best Director" and "Best Original Screenplay")
Before the creation of Michael Clayton, Gilroy was known as a screenwriter with an excellent pedigree. The scripts are written by his father Frank D. Gilroy (Pulitzer Prize winner), as well as brothers John and Dan. Tony Gilroy himself is the author of the plots of such box office hits as “The Devil’s Advocate”, “Armageddon”, “Proof of Life”, as well as all three films about Jason Bourne – “The Bourne Identity”, “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum”.
The script for his directorial debut, Gilroy, of course, wrote himself. To evaluate one part of his work in isolation from another is not entirely correct, but almost inevitable. As a screenwriter, Gilroy proved himself long ago and thoroughly, and after watching “Michael Clayton”, we can safely say that he showed himself also as a director who has his own style, or at least his own manner.
Gilroy-screenwriter used the classic method of chronological plot construction according to the scheme "present - past - present". Simply put, the action begins to develop, for example, today, but the author, giving the plot to reach a turning point, rewinds the film four days ago. From here the action develops to "today" and beyond.
Gilroy-director managed to make a film in which a well-considered and thoughtful plot eventually goes to the background, and the picture only wins from this. At the heart of the success of Michael Clayton (no matter how many Oscars he won) is the way the material is presented. Gilroy didn’t come up with anything the audience hadn’t seen before, but the film feels very new and strangely close.
The unusualness and freshness of the picture are transferred to the impressions of the work of the actors. George Clooney as always on top, Tilda Swinton is just good, and Tom Wilkinson received such a winning role of a madman, who is either not completely crazy, or not at all, that without the nomination “Best Supporting Actor” could not do. Clooney and Swinton are also nominated for an Oscar (Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress).