Daniel Christopher Gilroy (born June 24, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director.[1] Gilroy wrote three episodes for Andor.
Biography[]
Dan Gilroy was one of the writers for the Andor television series.[2] In November, 2019 in New York,[3] the first writers room session with Gilroy and fellow writers Tony Gilroy and Beau Willimon[4] only lasted five or six days. Dan and Tony had a similar skill set, and they got to work on the heist arc, which they were familiar with due to their previous work.[5] The writers knew they were doing the prison[4] on Narkina 5,[6] though it took the group a couple days to figure out how to make it unique from other prisons.[4] To make the prison the opposite of dark and gritty, they made it brightly lit and antiseptic. The writers decided the prisoners would build things on a factory floor[3] and the floor would be electrified. They then they realized the guards would need to wear rubber boots. In an early iteration of the story, the prisoners would steal the boots to escape.[4]
Dan Gilroy wrote the episodes "Aldhani,"[2] "The Axe Forgets,"[7] and "The Eye."[8] Dan, Tony, and Willimon brought in Tom Bissell to work as a writer for Season Two. The writers spent about seven days in the writer's room working on the season.[5]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Aldhani" | Andor | Writer[2] |
| 2022 | "The Axe Forgets" | Andor | Writer[7] |
| 2022 | "The Eye" | Andor | Writer[8] |
Sources[]
New Casting Announced for Cassian Andor Series on StarWars.com (backup link)- Tony Gilroy Breaks Down Andor Season 1 on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dan Gilroy by Tommatoes, Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes (archived from the original on January 11, 2021)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
Andor — "Aldhani"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Andor's EP Sanne Wohlenberg and Writer Beau Willimon on Bringing Tony Gilroy's Vision to Life by Lovitt, Maggie on Collider (November 10, 2022) (archived from the original on November 10, 2022)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tony Gilroy Breaks Down Andor Season 1 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 ‘Andor' Creator Tony Gilroy Talks Luthen Rael's Future and Being Surprised by Certain Easter Eggs by Davids, Brian on The Hollywood Reporter (November 9, 2022) (archived from the original on November 9, 2022)
- ↑ Andor — "Narkina 5"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Andor — "The Axe Forgets"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Andor — "The Eye"
External links[]
Dan Gilroy at the Internet Movie Database
Dan Gilroy on Wikipedia
