Brian Helgeland
Brian Helgeland (born January 17, 1961 in Providence , Rhode Island , USA ) is an American screenwriter , director and film producer .
Life
Brian Helgeland graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He then tried his hand at fishing in New England , but moved to Los Angeles in 1986 to gain a foothold in the film business. He earned his first spurs at the production company New Line , which at the time only produced horror films. In 1988 Nightmare appeared on Elm Street 4 , in whose script Helgeland was involved. In the same year he worked on Robert Englund's directorial debut 976-Evil . In 1992 he received the first single script credit for the film Highway to Hell . Then Hollywood producer Joel Silver offered him to work on a project by the Wachowski brothers , which was later filmed as Assassins - The Killer with Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas . In 1997 he had his final breakthrough with LA Confidential , the adaptation of James Ellroy's novel City of Devils , which earned him an Oscar, among other things. In the same year he also won a Golden Raspberry for the script for the film Postman .
After Helgeland made his directorial debut for an episode of Tales from the Crypt in 1989 , he tried his first film in 1999. Based on his own script, he filmed Payback with Mel Gibson . According to reports, he was pushed from the director's chair towards the end of the shooting by lead actor Gibson, who had about 30% of the film re-shot. His next directorial work Knight from Passion appeared in 2001. A year later he adapted the novel The Second Heart by Michael Connelly for director Clint Eastwood , on whose behalf he adapted Mystic River from the novel of the same name a year later .
Brian Helgeland often worked as a so-called Script Doctor . For example, for Postman - for which the Writers Guild of America later even awarded him a credit due to the extensive changes - and The Bourne Conspiracy . His son Martin is a screenwriter and sold his first script to Legendary Pictures , which he will executive produce with his son.
Filmography (selection)
- script
- 1988: Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master)
- 1991: Highway to Hell (Highway to Hell)
- 1995: Assassins - The Killer (Assassins)
- 1997: LA Confidential
- 1997: Postman
- 1997: Fletcher's Visions (Conspiracy Theory)
- 2002: Blood Work
- 2003: Mystic River
- 2004: Man on Fire (Man on Fire)
- 2009: The Taking of Pelham 123 (The Taking of Pelham 123)
- 2009: Midnight Circus - Welcome to the World of Vampires (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant)
- 2010: Green Zone
- 2010: Salt
- 2010: Robin Hood
- 2020: Spenser Confidential
- Direction and script
- 1999: Payback - Payback
- 2001: A Knight's Tale (A Knight's Tale)
- 2003: Sin Eater - The Soul of Evil (The Order)
- 2013: 42 - The true story of a sports legend (42)
- 2015: Legend
Awards (selection)
- 1998 - LA Confidential (Won)
- 2004 - Mystic River (nominated)
- 1998 - LA Confidential (Won)
- 2004 - Mystic River (nominated)
- 1998 - LA Confidential (Won)
- 2004 - Mystic River (nominated)
- 1998 - Postman (Winner)
literature
- LA Confidential screenplay (English)
- The Postmant screenplay (English)
- Man on Fire screenplay (English)
- The Bourne Supremacy screenwriter (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legendary Pictures gets behind "SLAYER" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Legendary Acquires Martin Helgeland's Dragon-Themed Script 'Slayer'
Web links
- Brian Helgeland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Helgeland, Brian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter, director and producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Providence , Rhode Island , USA |