Brian Helgeland






















Brian Helgeland
Born
Brian Thomas Helgeland


(1961-01-17) January 17, 1961 (age 58)

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Loyola Marymount University
Occupation
Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1988–present

Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Mystic River, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.[1]


Helgeland also wrote and directed 42 (2013), a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and Legend (2015), about the rise and fall of the infamous London gangsters, the Kray twins.




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Works


    • 3.1 Films




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Early life


Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Norwegian-born parents Aud-Karin and Thomas Helgeland, and was raised in nearby New Bedford, Massachusetts. He majored in English at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth before following his father's work fishing scallop.


One cold winter day in 1985 made Helgeland consider another job, after finding a book about film schools.


Helgeland eventually settled on a career in film, considering his love for movies. He applied for the film school at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, as it was the only one which could accept him in the middle of the semester.[2][3][4][5]



Career


Helgeland's agent arranged him a meeting with Rhet Topham, who had an idea for a horror comedy film but was having difficulty writing it. The resulting film was 976-EVIL, which the duo managed to sell for $12,000.[5]976-EVIL marked the directorial debut of Freddy Krueger portrayer Robert Englund, who went on to recommend Helgeland as New Line Pictures wanted to do a new A Nightmare on Elm Street film. Helgeland was paid $70,000 to do what would become A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Both films were released in 1988, with The Dream Master hitting theaters earlier. Another script, Highway to Hell, earned Helgeland $275,000 and got a film release in 1992.[6] In 1990, Helgeland and Manny Coto sold a script, The Ticking Man, for $1 million, but the film was never made.[7]


In 1998, Helgeland won both an Academy Award (for Best Adapted Screenplay with L.A. Confidential) and a Razzie (for The Postman) the same year. Only one person had previously achieved the dubious feat (Alan Menken in 1993), and only one other (Sandra Bullock in 2010) has achieved it since. He accepted the Razzie and became only the fourth person in its history to be personally presented with the statuette. He keeps the statues of both the Oscar and the Razzie on his mantle as "a reminder of Hollywood's idealistic nature and unrealistic expectations."[5][8]


Helgeland wrote and directed the films A Knight's Tale (2001), The Order (2003) and 42 (2013). He has worked with director Clint Eastwood twice, in 2002 on Blood Work, and in 2003 on Mystic River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, and has written an as yet unproduced adaptation of Moby-Dick.


In 2004, Helgeland co-wrote the screenplay for the major motion picture The Bourne Supremacy, for which he was uncredited.[9] In early 2008, he was attached to shape the script of the thriller Green Zone[10] after screenwriter Tom Stoppard had to drop out,[11] again collaborating with director Paul Greengrass, whom he worked with on The Bourne Supremacy, as well as reuniting with actor Matt Damon, who played Jason Bourne/David Webb. Helgeland wrote the screenplay for the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. The film was released on June 12, 2009.[12]


On May 4, 2017, HBO announced that Helgeland is one of four writers working on a potential pilot for a Game of Thrones spin-off. In addition to Helgeland, Carly Wray, Max Borenstein, and Jane Goldman are also working on potential pilots.[13] Helgeland has been working and communicating with George R. R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of novels upon which the original series is based.[14] Current Game of Thrones showrunners D. B. Weiss and David Benioff would also be executive producers for whichever project is picked up by HBO.[14][15]



Works



Films





































































































































































Year
 Title
 Director
 Writer
 Producer
 Notes
1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4:
The Dream Master
 No
 Yes
 No

976-EVIL
 No
 Yes
 No
1992
Highway to Hell
 No
 Yes
 Yes
1995
Assassins
 No
 Yes
 No
1997
L.A. Confidential
 No
 Yes
 No
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay
London Critics Circle Film Award for Screenwriter of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
USC Scripter Award
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Conspiracy Theory
 No
 Yes
 No

The Postman
 No
 Yes
 No
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
1999
Payback
 Yes
 Yes
 No
Cognac Festival du Film Policier Audience Award
2001
A Knight's Tale
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
2002
Blood Work
 No
 Yes
 No
2003
Mystic River
 No
 Yes
 No
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
PEN Center USA West Literary Award for Screenplay
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
USC Scripter Award
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated — American Screenwriters Association Award
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated — Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominated — Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominated — London Critics Circle Film Award for Screenwriter of the Year
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated — Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Order
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
2004
Man on Fire
 No
 Yes
 No
2009
The Taking of Pelham 123
 No
 Yes
 No

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
 No
 Yes
 No
2010
Green Zone
 No
 Yes
 No

Robin Hood
 No
 Yes
 No
2013
42
 Yes
 Yes
 No
Hochi Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated — Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
2015
Legend
 Yes
 Yes
 No
2019
Gemini Man
 No
 Yes
 No
Post-production


References





  1. ^ Helgeland profile, New York Times; accessed April 11, 2014.


  2. ^ "Film-makers on film: Brian Helgeland talks to Mark Monahan about Stuart Rosenberg's Cool Hand Luke (1967)". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 2003-09-06. Retrieved 2010-04-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Helgeland profile, filmreference.com; accessed April 11, 2014


  4. ^ Profile, southcoasttoday.com; accessed April 11, 2014


  5. ^ abc "Screenwriters' Lecture: Brian Helgeland".


  6. ^ Million Dollar Babies, New York Magazine


  7. ^ Welkos, Robert W. (1995-05-28). "Megabucks Turn to Megabusts". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-03-10.


  8. ^ Gray, Iain (2007-01-23). "The booby prize that beats the Oscars". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-03-10.


  9. ^ The Bourne Supremacy (2004) profile, imdb.com; accessed April 11, 2014.


  10. ^ Michael Fleming (2008-01-09). "Amy Ryan set for Greengrass thriller". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-22.


  11. ^ Richard Brooks (2007-08-12). "The Bourne Ultimatum - Biteback". The Sunday Times.


  12. ^ "Richard Donner And Mr. Beaks Talk INSIDE MOVES!". Aint It Cool News. February 19, 2009.


  13. ^ Holloway, Daniel (May 4, 2017). "'Game of Thrones' Spinoffs in the Works at HBO". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2017.


  14. ^ ab Goldberg, Lesley (May 4, 2017). "'Game of Thrones': HBO Exploring Four Different Follow-Up Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2017.


  15. ^ Blistein, Jon (May 4, 2017). "HBO Preps 'Game of Thrones' Spin-Off Series With George R.R. Martin". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 6, 2017.




External links




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  • Brian Helgeland at AllMovie










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