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Tony Gilroy is an American screenwriter, director, and producer born on the 11th of September, 1956. He is best known for writing the first three Bourne franchise films, directing Michael Clayton (2007), and creating the Disney+ series Andor (2022-2025).
Michael Clayton received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Gilroy. The film won one Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress awarded to Tilda Swinton. Gilroy personally received nominations for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay but did not win.
Tony Gilroy is the creator, showrunner, head writer, and executive producer of Andor on Disney+. He wrote episodes across both seasons and directed uncredited reshoots on Rogue One, the 2016 film that Andor serves as a prequel series to.
Andor's second season won five Emmy Awards in 2025, from fourteen nominations. The wins included Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, awarded to Dan Gilroy for the episode "Welcome to the Rebellion," plus production design, fantasy and science fiction costumes, editing, and visual effects.
Tony Gilroy's brothers are screenwriter Dan Gilroy and editor John Gilroy. Their father, Frank D. Gilroy, was an award-winning playwright, director, and movie producer. John Gilroy edited Tony's directorial debut Michael Clayton, and Dan Gilroy won an Emmy for writing an episode of Andor.
Gilroy is writing and directing a film titled Behemoth!, acquired by Searchlight Pictures, which is in post-production. The film stars Pedro Pascal, Eva Victor, and Olivia Wilde.