Tony Gilroy

Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays of The Bourne Identity, 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+.

Early life 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. He is the brother of screenwriter Dan Gilroy and editor John Gilroy. Through his father, he is of Italian, Irish and German descent. He has two children, Sam and Kathryn, and is married to Susan Gilroy.

Gilroy was raised in Washingtonville, New York. at 16 years old and attended Boston University for two years before dropping out to concentrate on his music career.

Career Writing

Gilroy has written many scripts for film, starting with the script for The Cutting Edge in 1992. This was followed by Dolores Claiborne in 1995 and The Devil's Advocate in 1997. He was one of five credited writers on Michael Bay's Armageddon, the highest-grossing film of 1998. Gilroy's next script was Proof of Life in 2000. In 2002, 2003 and 2007 he wrote the screenplays for The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, and wrote and directed the next installment of the Bourne series, The Bourne Legacy (2012).

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 Academy Awards 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.

Directing Gilroy's directorial debut was in 2007, when he directed the film Michael Clayton, which his brother John Gilroy edited. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. In addition to its Edgar Award, the film won one Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton). The film was a box office success, grossing over $92 million worldwide.

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.

Star Wars In 2016, Gilroy co-wrote the script to the sci-fi war film Rogue One, directed by Gareth Edwards. It is a prequel to the 1977 film Star Wars. Gilroy shared writing duties with fellow filmmaker Chris Weitz.

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 earned eight Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, as well as nominations for writing, directing, cinematography and musical score. The second season received fourteen nominations in 2025, including Outstanding Drama Series and won five awards: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (awarded to Dan Gilroy for "Welcome to the Rebellion"), along with awards for production design, fantasy/sci-fi costumes, editing, and visual effects.

Post-Andor work In March 2025, it was reported that Tony Gilroy was shopping a new feature film he would write and direct, starring Oscar Isaac. The film, titled Behemoth!, was acquired by Searchlight Pictures and is set to star Pedro Pascal (replacing Isaac), Eva Victor, and Olivia Wilde.

Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 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 2026 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

Television

Awards and nominations Year Title Award Category Result 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