Brian Helgeland
Writing·January 17, 1961 — 65 years old·Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the films L.A. Confidential (1998) and Mystic River (2003). He wrote and directed the films 42, a biopic of Jackie Robinson; and Legend, about the rise and fall of the infamous London gangsters, the Kray twins. His work on L.A. Confidential earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Description above from the Wikipedia article about Brian Helgeland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography · 38
—NessScreenplay—Button ManScreenplay · Director—Spenser Confidential 2Screenplay—The Gangster, the Cop, the DevilExecutive Producer · Story—Outside ManDirector · Writer—Django/ZorroWriter—The GatekeeperScreenplay2024The KillerScreenplay2023FinestkindDirector · Writer2021Kreka: DreamcatcherSelf2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an ArtistSelf2020Spenser ConfidentialScreenplay2015LegendWriter · Director201342Director · Screenplay2010Robin HoodScreenplay · Story2010Green ZoneWriter2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantScreenplay2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Screenplay2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'Self2004Mystic River: Beneath the SurfaceSelf2004Man on FireScreenplay2003Mystic River: From Page to ScreenSelf2003Mystic RiverScreenplay2003The OrderDirector · Screenplay · Producer2002Blood WorkScreenplay2002A Knight's Tale: Making OfSelf2001A Knight's TaleDirector · Producer · Writer1999PaybackScreenplay · Director1997The PostmanScreenplay1997L.A. ConfidentialScreenplay · Co-Producer1997Conspiracy TheoryWriter1995AssassinsScreenplay1992976-EVIL IICharacters1991Highway to HellWriter · Co-Producer1989Tales from the CryptTVDirector · Writer1988976-EVILWriter1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterScreenplay · Story