Brian Helgeland
Brian Helgeland
Brian Thomas Helgelandis an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential, Mystic River, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Helgeland also wrote and directed 42, a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and Legend, about the rise and fall of the Kray twins...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth17 January 1961
CountryUnited States of America
lying long okay
It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.
cut
If I'm in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'
Movie dialogue is movie dialogue. It can sound real, but no one speaks that way.
believe unless writers
There are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're a director unless you believe it.