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George Nolfi is an American filmmaker born on the 10th of June 1968 in Boston. He directed The Adjustment Bureau (2011), The Banker (2020), and Elevation (2024), and also created and directed episodes of the NBC espionage series Allegiance (2015).
Nolfi graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in public policy, then studied philosophy at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship, and later entered UCLA's PhD program in political science before selling his first script in 1997.
The Adjustment Bureau is based on "The Adjustment Team," a 1954 short story by Philip K. Dick. The film, directed by Nolfi and starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, explores questions of fate and human agency.
Nolfi co-wrote The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) with Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns, and received uncredited work on The Bourne Supremacy (2004), rewriting the ending two weeks before its release.
The Banker won Outstanding Independent Motion Picture at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards in March 2021. The film, directed by Nolfi and starring Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson, tells the true story of two African American businessmen who fought racism and redlining.
In January 2025, Nolfi was hired to write the screenplay for an untitled Star Wars film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.