Screenwriter
turned director Gilroy (Freejack, The Bourne Legacy) crafts a tense atmosphere in this contemporary film noir, and gives Gyllenhaal the opportunity to deliver what may be his most forceful, compelling performance yet.
Tony
Gilroy penned the Bourne trilogy and
turns writer -
director for this reboot of the series, which shares crucial DNA with the earlier films but is drawn from the shallower end of the gene pool.
Writer -
director Tony Gilroy's end - around on studio financing worked out well, with Michael Clayton racking up nods for George Clooney's lead performance, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson's supporting turns, Best Original Screenplay and, somewhat surprisingly, Best Director, in Gilroy'
director Tony
Gilroy's end - around on studio financing worked out well, with Michael Clayton racking up nods for George Clooney's lead performance, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson's supporting
turns, Best Original Screenplay and, somewhat surprisingly, Best
Director, in Gilroy'
Director, in
Gilroy's debut.