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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+.
Gilroy was raised in Washingtonville, New York. He graduated from Washingtonville High School in 1974 at 16 years old and attended Boston University for two years before dropping out to concentrate on his music career.
Also in 2007, he wrote and directed the film Michael Clayton, which won an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, and was nominated for several 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.
In September 2013, Gilroy delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series.
In 2018, he received a Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival.
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.
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. However, Toby Haynes took over as the director of these episodes due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. 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. The second season received fourteen nominations in 2025, winning for five, including Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, awarded to Gilroy's brother Dan Gilroy for the episode "Welcome to the Rebellion".
| 1992 | The Cutting Edge | ||||
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | ||||
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | ||||
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | ||||
| 1998 | Armageddon | ||||
| 2000 | Bait | ||||
| Proof of Life | |||||
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | ||||
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | ||||
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | ||||
| Michael Clayton | Uncredited voice cameo as "Taxi Driver" | ||||
| 2009 | Duplicity | ||||
| State of Play | |||||
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | ||||
| 2014 | Nightcrawler | ||||
| 2016 | Rogue One | Uncredited director of reshoots; Uncredited voice cameo as "Rebel Flight Controller" | |||
| The Great Wall | |||||
| 2018 | Beirut | ||||
| TBA | Behemoth! | Post-Production |
Uncredited writing works
| + ! Year ! Title ! Notes | ||
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | limited rewrites |
| 2014 | Godzilla | rewrites |
| 2021 | The Woman in the Window | Rewrites for reshoots |
| + ! Year(s) ! Title ! Writer ! Producer ! Notes | ||||
| 1993 | For Better and for Worse | Television movie | ||
| 2015–2016 | House of Cards | 26 episodes (seasons 3 and 4) | ||
| 2022–2025 | Andor | Creator and executive producer Writer (8 episodes) Uncredited voice cameo as "Rebel Flight Controller" |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Academy Awards | Best Director | |
| Best Original Screenplay | ||||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | ||||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | |||
| Edgar Awards | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | |||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| 2022 | Andor | 75th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | |
| Peabody Awards | Entertainment | |||
| 2025 | 77th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | ||
| 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
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