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Tony Gilroy has written all three films of the blockbuster Bourne series, including The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, based on Robert Ludlum's novels. He has also written or co-written numerous acclaimed and hit films, including three films for director Taylor Hackford: Dolores Claiborne, The Devil's Advocate and Proof of Life, starring Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan. Gilroy has also written or co-written the films The Cutting Edge, For Better and for Worse, Extreme Measures and Bait and received a shared adaptation credit for Armageddon.
Gilroy, who was born in Manhattan and raised in upstate New York, is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright/director/screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy (The Subject Was Roses).
He makes his directorial debut with the upcoming thriller Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney, which he also wrote.
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