Dan Gilroy
Dan Gilroy
Daniel Christopher "Dan" Gilroyis an American screenwriter and film director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth24 June 1959
CountryUnited States of America
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Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.
access conscious darker elements tapping trying
When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I use my conscious for research, but when I'm actually writing, I'm trying to get into a place where I'm tapping into the deeper, darker elements of what's going on.
became burn corner hand intrigued local logos moved watched
I moved to L.A. and watched a lot of local television news, and I started to see the burn logos up on the upper right hand corner - On-Scene Video, RMG Media Group, and all these other ones. I just became intrigued with it.
stunned thirty
I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
aware facing millions people
I had heard about the nightcrawling world, and I'm very aware that there are tens of millions of young people around the world who are facing bleak employment prospects.
point reach respect somebody
It's the reality: film is a director's medium, and, ultimately, they are the ones that are in charge, and you have to respect that because somebody has to be in charge. But, yeah, you do reach a point where you want to have your voice come out.
choice choices family given god love thank unlike
The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.
A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.
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A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.
character night cities
Shooting at night in Los Angeles is amazing. The city shuts down at 10 P.M. every night, and a whole different cast of characters comes out.
opportunity giving vision
A script like Nightcrawler gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision thats mine, which is exciting.
scripts wanted direct
I had written a script called Freed, which I had wanted to direct.
A sociopath is just a label and doesn't encompass the entire being of a person.
Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.