DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 MARCH 2015 NEWSLETTER

35th Reunion June 18 - 21, 2015: Get Ready to Register!!

Joint Mini-Reunions Galore Mini-reunions are really a great way to meet fellow classmates by Robert Goldbloom in your area – some that you may know already and some that you’ve never met before. As mini-reunion chair over the past few The Class of ’81 is planning an unprecedented series of joint mini- years, I have seen how people generally have a better time than reunions over the next two months with the Classes of ’79 and ’80. they expect to have. Many of us don’t realize (or forget) that our classmates are an amazing group of interesting, diverse and Leading up to our joint 35th Reunion in Hanover this June, the engaging people. And some people are a bit hesitant to show up mini-reunion chairs from the three classes decided to try some- where they might not know a lot of people. I have found that thing a little different this year. We decided to focus on having these people -- if they manage to overcome their reticence -- are joint mini-reunions as a way to generate additional enthusiasm typically the most surprised by the good time they have. for our combined 35th Reunion. We also figured that we could get more critical mass in some places where the number of class- Below, you can see that we have 17 mini-reunions planned. For a mates is relatively small and it’s difficult to pull together a one- few of these, some of the details aren’t final yet; and we may still class-only mini-reunion. have one or two more mini-reunions to add to the list. Please Joint continued on Page 7

Joint Mini-­‐reunions '79/'80/'81 City Date Time Event Description 81 Contacts Email Atlanta 4/16/15 6:30 At the Gabianelli's house, Atlanta, GA Gino Gabianelli [email protected] Sally Ankeny Reiley, Gay Boston TBD 80s and '81s only [email protected] Macomber Bird Burlington, VT 3/18/15 5:00 The Guild Tavern, S. Burlington Pete Weller [email protected] Barney Oldfield, Jim 80s and '81s only; Onwentsia Club, Lake Chicago 5/2/15 4:00 Randolph, Jeff Steen; [email protected] Forest, IL -- to be confirmed Steve Anderson Cocktails & buffet dinner at the Denver 4/17/15 6:30 Anne & Tom McGonagle [email protected] McGonagles; Cherry Hills Village, CO Steve Zales, Peter The Water Club, Greenwich, CT; Fairfield County 4/11/15 6-8 pm Oudheusden, Jane [email protected] appetizers & drinks, dinner optional Chapman Craft beer and hard cider at the DOC Hanover 3/27/15 6-9 pm Kevin Kerin [email protected] House Hanover 5/2/15 4:00 Derby Day in Hanover TBD Wine and beer tasting at home of Mike & Minneapolis 3/29/15 4-7 pm Molly Van Metre [email protected] Suzanne Wall, Independence, MN Cockails, hors d'oeuvres at loft apt. of Bill New York 4/7/15 6-9 pm Helman '80; Trustee Trio from classes of Robert Goldbloom [email protected] '79, '80, '81; Prof. Wohlforth speaking [email protected] Park City, UT 3/21/15 4:30 Skiing!; Heber City UT, Bill Mitchell's house Bill Mitchell '79 uth.org Annabelle Brainard Philadelphia 3/31/15 5:30-8:00 The Canning's house, Philadelphia [email protected] Canning Portland, ME 3/18/15 5:30 Falmouth Foreside Tavern Charlie Jacobs [email protected] Young-Moragne house, Atherton, CA; Kim Young, Su-Moon San Francisco 3/13/15 7:00 Pizza, pong & pics; hosted by Kim, Su- [email protected] Paik Brown Moon & their older husbands The Old Pequiliar Pub, 1722 Market St. Seattle 3/27/15 4:00 Hallidie Haid [email protected] NW, Seattle Washington, DC 4/2/15 7:00 Drinks/ dinner at Pi Pizzeria in DC Burr Gray '79 [email protected] Washington, DC 4/12/15 3:00 At the Lewyckyj's house, McLean VA Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj [email protected]

www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Gilroy continued from Page 1 of fear to get them to watch TV in order Gilroy continued from Page 2 bigger?” And I said, “No, I want the film nomination for best original screenplay. The I rehearsed for months prior to the film- to sell commercials. I believe this creates a viable option. My dad gave me confidence and Duplicity, so he has a lot of credibility to resemble reality, I want someone who film costars Gilroy’s wife, Rene Russo, and ing. It was Jake’s idea to lose a tremendous a paranoia that limits our ability to make to want to try it. in the entertainment industry. The hardest represents the multicultural world that we was edited by his twin brother, John ’81, amount of weight to play the character. He informed decisions about somebody who is thing for somebody new who says, “I want live in.” and produced by his older brother, Tony. was my creative partner on the project, and wandering through our neighborhood and What was it like to direct your first fea- to direct,” is getting people to believe in Here the son of Pulitzer- and Tony Award- I really feel he’s done work that’s worthy of whom we judge to be a threat. News sta- ture film at age 55? them. To have Tony stand alongside me and Did any aspect of your Dartmouth educa- winning playwright Frank Gilroy ’50 talks every award nomination out there. tions are selling the story of urban crime say, “I’m going to produce this movie and I tion contribute to your career? about his “very personal” project—and what creeping into the suburbs. There’s a racial On the downside, it’s a physically demand- think Dan can do it,” was crucial. And while he learned from his dad. You said if you didn’t get to direct this component to the story. Stations use the ing job and I’m not as strong as I was in my I was shooting the film to have Tony as a I was an English lit major. I took a creative script, nobody would. Why? terms “urban” and “suburbs” as code words, 30s or 40s. The upside is that at 55 I have sounding board was invaluable as well. writing class with professor Richard Corum What was the inspiration for but I think we know what they’re talking a very good sense of who I am and what I my junior fall. I had never written creatively Nightcrawler? Nightcrawler is a very personal film. I didn’t about. believe in. I had great confidence on the set You chose your twin, John, to be your before and it was in that class that I real- write it as a message film. I wrote it to be because I brought a certain amount of wis- editor. Any competition there? ized I really loved writing fiction. It was a Years ago I heard about the crime pho- entertaining and engaging, but there are Did Rene Russo, your wife of 21 years, dom about how I communicate, my point of crucial, crucial class for me. I often wonder tographer Weegee [Arthur Fellig]. He was messages in it that I felt passionate about: have to audition for her role? view and my ability to get things done. Johnny has edited a number of really won- if I would be a writer if I hadn’t taken that active in New York in the 1930s, and I was comments about journalism, comments derful films, Miracle, Narc, Pacific Rim. He class. very intrigued with the intersection of com- about a hyper capitalism that disenfran- I wrote the part for Rene because I knew Can you talk about the logistical de- cut all of Tony’s films, including Michael merce and art and crime. When I moved chises many people. she could walk the difficult line of tough mands of production? Clayton, and he’s a tremendous editor. But Moviemaking is known as a cutthroat to Los Angeles I heard about the modern and vulnerable. Rene’s previous roles have also just to have somebody I know who business. How do you maintain your mor- equivalent, people with video cameras who What is the film saying about capitalism? tended to the former, but I knew she had a We made the film for $8.5 million. We can support me and protect me and can al compass in Hollywood? drive around and film crime scenes for far greater, untapped range. I wrote a dif- had three months prep time, one month to speak honestly—these are the things you’re the local news. I’d never seen that world It’s a cautionary tale. Yet I approach it as ficult character to play credibly, but I was shoot and four months for post-production. dreaming of when you make your first film. There’s a lot of bad behavior that goes with depicted on film before. It was very visual a success story. The character Jake plays— confident Rene could bring her to life. And These sound like big numbers but they’re We are not competitive with each other, the territory. There are a lot of parties, and very kinetic and I was very excited by Lou—is looking for work at the beginning she did. not. When I got the job of directing I was none of us brothers. We talk three, four, drinking, drugs and late nights. I avoided this world, but I could not figure out how of the film and at the end he’s the owner basically signing up for no sleep because five times a week. The feeling we have is all that. In addition to being married 21 to turn it into a story. Then a couple years of a thriving business. But it’s only a suc- What have you learned about directing I had to be there for every meeting, every that literally any tide that raises one of our years, I have a daughter who is 20. My wife later another piece fell into place when cess story in order to allow these other, actors from your marriage to an actress? hire. I was essentially forming a company boats is going to raise the others, and that and I don’t go to parties all that much. I I came up with Lou, the character Jake larger themes to come through. I believe that brought together 120 people and then has proven to be true. approach it as a business. I got that from Gyllenhaal plays in my film. Trying differ- that people with sociopathic and psycho- When I write a screenplay I give it to Rene disbanding it after a month. We had 80 my dad. I saw my dad work at home writ- ent ways to fit him into the story, I finally pathic tendencies, such as Lou, in this to read. It’s invaluable to have an actor or locations for our film in L.A. I had to visit Speaking of raising boats, what do you ing every day. The people I know who are realized he was an antihero. And once I had hyper-capitalistic realm we live in globally, actress look at your dialogue and tell you each one of them five times just to figure think about the fact that only 9 percent the most successful in this business never those two ideas—and that was a process of are climbing to the top of the ladder and where you’ve made an error or gone astray. out the logistics. So that’s 400 site visits. of feature films in 2013 were directed by go out. They lead the most boring lives. two decades or more—I wrote the screen- pulling it up behind them. They’re gut- She’s been invaluable helping me with the Twenty-four of our 27 shoot “days” were women? Everybody I know has to get up at 5 o’clock play in six weeks. ting the very business and the people who screenwriting process. That collaborative nights. And those were 18-hour days. As in the morning to go to work. You just got them there. They’re breaking corpora- spirit carried through onto the set. I love the director you’re one of the first people It’s a tragedy and an embarrassment. I don’t have time to be amoral or wild or de- How did you choose Gyllenhaal as your tions up for component parts and putting working with actors, I’m in love with an ac- on the set and one of the last to leave. I’m think it’s partly a function of the desire to bauched. If the people who rise to the top leading man? thousands of people out of work. They tor literally, but I loved working with them not complaining, though! service the male demographic from 12 to have one thing in common, it’s that they’re are advocates of a wage that people can- all: Rene and Jake and Bill Paxton and all 21 with male-oriented action pieces. That workaholics. Jake announced five or six years ago that not live on. They voraciously fight to keep my other actors. So it’s not as glamorous as people think? segment of the market has crowded out he was turning his back on traditional wages down while building 500-foot yachts so many other voices. Also, historically, What’s next for you? commercial films and was going to start and 100,000-square-foot mansions—liter- Your father won a Tony and a Pulitzer in It’s very stressful. The people who put the it’s been a male-dominated business. This making films that were more personal and ally—and then wind up on the cover of 1965 for The Subject Was Roses. What money in are calling all the time: “Where needs to be broken down. If I ran the studio I see myself going forward as a writer- challenged him more. I, too, had been do- Businessweek Magazine. I believe that all of was it like to grow up in the home of a are we? What’s going on?” And you’re try- system I would be giving voice to female director. I’m writing another script right ing a lot of commercial films and wanted the maladjusted behavior that Lou’s charac- successful writer? ing to create at the same time. Investing in and minority directors as often as possible. now that I’d like to direct. It’s another film to break off into an area that had more ter shows in Nightcrawler—such as staging a film is an extraordinarily risky business, The truth is, Hollywood is an extraordinarily set in Los Angeles. I find Los Angeles to be personal resonance. So when I finished the a crime in order to film it—would serve him It demystified the process. Seeing a parent and maybe the way they try to minimize conservative place in terms of people be- a very underserved place for stories. script I sent it to his agent, who agreed extraordinarily well in the boardroom. in the house who was writing every day, the risk is by making sure people are work- ing willing to risk anything or try anything it would be a good fit. Jake read it very you realize it comes down to just sitting in ing for them all the time. new. In Nightcrawler I cast a guy named Riz Pamela Mason Wagner is an Emmy-winning quickly, and I flew to Atlanta, where he How does the film portray the impact of a chair, writing for six, seven, eight hours a Ahmed to play Gyllenhaal’s partner. Riz is documentary filmmaker who cofounded was doing Prisoners. I didn’t know him at contemporary broadcast journalism on day for five to six days a week. Witnessing How important was having your brother Pakistani. That has nothing to do with the Turtle Rock Productions in 1993. She lives all before that. We had a four-hour dinner society? the ups and downs of it and realizing that Tony as producer? narrative of the story. I just wanted some in New York City. She is also a proud mem- and we realized that we both wanted to everything you write doesn’t get made or multicultural aspect to the film in one of ber of the Dartmouth Class of 1981! This try to make something unique. We agreed In my research I found local television sold was also helpful. When I got out of Tony’s done a number of other films, in- my four main roles. People who wanted to article is reprinted with permission from that this process of collaboration would be and national news are built on the narra- college I started to realize that writing was cluding Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy put money into the film said, “Can’t we cast the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine (March- the hallmark of our relationship. Jake and tive of fear, selling the consumers a story Gilroy continued on Page 3 another white person in that role, someone April, 2015) MARCH 2015 newsletter DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Nathaniel Dominy: on the landscape; it represents species ‘81s On The Net and In The News! Monkey See, Monkey Do in a dynamic food web. We think our ap- By Abner Oakes proach could also be applied to European Pleistocene cave art. Abner had the chance to e-chat with Nathaniel Dominy, Associate Professor What got you to Dartmouth? What I of Anthropology at Dartmouth. As his bio mean is - tell us about your path from says, “I am an anthropologist and evo- being a high school student to now this lutionary biologist. I study the behavior, professorship. And maybe sort of re- ecology, and functional morphology of lated: What or who lit your intellectual humans and nonhuman primates. My re- fire? search philosophy is to integrate tropical fieldwork with mechanical, molecular, I was an undergraduate student at Johns and isotopic analyses in order to better Hopkins University. I took courses with a understand how and why adaptive shifts professor named Mark Teaford and then occurred during primate evolution.” Here is started independent studies for credit in Classmates were in abundance at CAGOW (Club and Affiliated Group A classy meeting of ‘81s with Scott Stewart, Chris Halloran and Stephen that interview: his lab. In my second year, he asked if I Officers’ Weekend) in Hanover with (L-R) Howard Morse, Pat Berry, Sue Godchaux. and the local animal population in the Reed, Ellen Brout Lindsey, Molly Sundberg Van Metre, and Peter Corren would be willing to catch monkeys for smiling pretty for the camera. Nile valley way back when is fascinat- I’m sort of fascinated with evolution- him in Costa Rica. I agreed with enthu- ing. How did you cotton on to this idea ary biology. I think I read something by siasm and loved the experience, which - that the Egyptian artistic renderings Dave Quammen several years ago that entailed darting howler monkeys and liter- from that time, taken over time, could helped to explain it - but can you give ally catching them when the anesthesia tell the story of the environment and a quick definition of it and a few ex- caused them to drop from the treetops. its changes? What surprised you in this amples? This experience became a recurring op- work - and how do you see applying this portunity throughout my undergrad years. kind of approach to different eras, if The simplest definition of biological evolu- I had little idea that my professors were possible? tion is descent with modification. One of so interesting outside the classroom, or my favorite examples among animals is that field research could be so much fun. The idea came during a visit to the de the independent origins of gliding flight Science is addictive, and I was hooked. So Young Museum in San Francisco. The year in Southeast Asia. The appearance of glid- I pursued a PhD and was then awarded was 2010, and we were eager to see a ing in five orders of vertebrates - in frogs, a post-doctoral fellowship. The ensuing traveling exhibit called Tutankhamun and snakes, geckos, lizards, and several mam- professorships - first at the University of the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. During Lon Povich, who formerly served in the Weld admin- mals - is strongly suggestive of conver- California, then Dartmouth - were a natu- istration and for BJ’s Wholesale Club, is now serving the visit we noticed objects depicting a gent evolution. We think that the uniquely ral progression. as Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s chief legal wide range of mammals, most of which counsel, where he will advise the governor on judicial open structure of Southeast Asian (dip- appointments and analyze legal issues that the admin- are absent in Egypt today. Many of the Gary Weiner visiting Doug Bates in New Congratulations to Susan Weiss Spencer, terocarp) forests is the best explanation of Last question: What’s the best thing istration encounters. What can you do about all of renderings showed predator-prey interac- this snow, Lon? Hampshire for a cross-country ski outing and named 2014 daily newspaper Reporter of the multiple, independent origins of this about teaching at Dartmouth? some Dartmouth ‘81 cheer. the Year by the New England Newspaper tions such as lions hunting antelopes or highly specialized form of movement. and Press Association. She also received humans hunting practically anything. That first place in investigative, health and The Dartmouth students and the range general news reporting, and second place was the moment when we started think- The recent work that you and your col- of opportunities that exist for supporting in transportation reporting. She’s a staff ing about using art in antiquity as a form writer at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette leagues did in using art to figure out their diverse interests. I have never seen in Worcester, Massachusetts. of biological census. Crucially, the “cen- what was happening to humankind such strong institutional support for stu- sus” represents more than mere species dent research projects. 81st Day of the Year Virtual Mini-Reunion 81st Day of the Year: Virtual Mini-Reunion March 22, 2015 Don’t forget that March 22 is our 81st Day Virtual Mini-reunion For the second year in a row, we’re promoting the 81st Day of the Year—Sunday, Find a classmate or two or three. March 22—the perfect opportunity to connect (virtually and otherwise) with class- Take a photo or two or three. mates. If you happen to be hanging out with ‘81s—take a picture and post it on Day Bob Higgins was featured on Lifeline of Ohio’s Some great minds meeting at the reception for Include your handy ‘81 banner. Facebook page, acknowledging his accomplishments President Phil Hanlon ‘77 in the Big Apple with Post it to Facebook or e-mail it 81. Better yet, follow the lead of the 81-wannabe on the left, and use the ‘81 post- in transplant surgery specifically, as well as a very Betsy Slotnick Rubinstein, Laurel Richie, Pat Berry er in the December ‘14 issue of the newsletter and take a selfie with it. Post your productive academic surgical career. Higgy will and Pamela Mason Wagner. Mark Davis and Andy to Pat Berry to post. photo in our Facebook group—or send it to someone who can do it for you. https:// be among several classmates speaking at our TedX Lewin were also in attendance, but didn’t hear [email protected] panel on Friday, June 19 at our 35th Reunion. Not about the photo-op until it was too late. www.facebook.com/groups/Dartmouth81/ to be missed!

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Co-President ‘81s Are Listening Julie Koeninger By Abner Oakes 3. Martha, Courting Strong (2014). 33 [email protected] minutes of very fun English pop-punk. All Co-President I’ve been remiss in writing about music the jangly guitars, fuzzed out solos, slightly off Molly Sundberg Van Metre last two newsletters, and so here are ideas vocals. A Saturday night kinda record, with [email protected] for you this February, a little of what we’re great sweetness and great energy. Will put a grin on your face. Vice President listening to in the Oakes/Jewett house. Andrew Lewin [email protected] 1. Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds 4. Zap Mama, Adventures in Afropea 1 in Country Music (2014). I know that Larry (2007). Lolly, Charlie, and I danced like Secretary Robert Goldbloom Dunn will give three thumbs up to this se- mad at a great double bill in January - the [email protected] lection. I’m not a country music fan, but, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band Antibalas boy, I’m a Sturgill Simpson fan. What a with Zap Mama, which is anchored by the Secretary voice and what wonderfully odd moments Belgian Marie Daulne - and here is one of Brian Cusack [email protected] in a country music record, such as the se- Zap Mama’s records, to give you a sense A Class of 1981 Mini-Reunion was built around the This photo was submitted by Tom McGonagle from Dartmouth riously trippy ending section to the song of that group’s rich vocal harmonies and Dartmouth-UNH Men’s Hockey game with (L-R) Tom Ryan, “Carnivail” with two generations of Dartmouth skiers. Back Treasurer “Turtles All the Way Down.” It starts as mostly African-pop-focused music. George Alexakos Emil Miskovsky, Sally and Toby Reiley, Lynne Gaudet and Rick row (L-R): Sam Macomber ’17, who skis for the Dartmouth Ski Nashville and then so is not. [email protected] Silverman. Men’s hockey coach Bob Gaudet was also in atten- Team, Gay Macomber Bird ‘81 (Sam’s aunt), Jerry Bird ’80. Front ‘81s were in force at the recent re- 5. Hurray for the Riff Raff, Small Town dance, though he wasn’t available for the photograph, since he row (L-R): Elena Bird ’18, Morgan McGonagle ’18, Tom ’81, Anne Newsletter Editor union of the NCAA Men’s Final Four 2. Randy Newman, Songbook Volume I Heroes (2014). Alynda Lee Segarra is Hurray was working. Hallager McGonagle ’81, Sam Van Wetter ’16 (son of Betsy Brew Pat Berry Men’s Hockey teams. Pictured in for the Riff Raff and has a great backstory, ’81 and Bob Van Wetter ’81). (2009). Like many of you, I bet, I bought [email protected] the group (L-R), Bobby Gaudet, Jeff Newman’s Little Criminals back in 1977 for growing up in the Bronx, hitting the road at Pope, Mark Ardagna, Bob Grant, Chris its single Short People, and it was only a 17, and settling finally in New Orleans. It is Newsletter Editor Andrews, Bill Flanigan, Mark Bedard, Speaking of Hockey... Americana, blues, and folk, all wrapped in Lynne Gaudet few years ago when I re-visited that record [email protected] Chip Bettencourt, Mark Uhrynuk, and so much more. This guy has a songbook Segarra’s voice, which NPR said “might be Rosco Brownridge, Rich Diver, and that is giant and brilliant; get Volume II if the least showy great voice to hit the na- Newsletter Editor Coach George Crowe. There were you get smitten again with him. tional scene this year.” Abner Oakes reportedly no arrests related to the [email protected] gathering. Newsletter Editor Rick Silverman [email protected]

Joint continued from Page 1 tending a mini-reunion that is not local or Webmaster if you think we might have missed you in Will Blanchard refer to our website www.1981.dartmouth. sending our invites [we don’t have email [email protected] org for updates. addresses for everyone]. Webmaster Jim Jankowski Most of us will find one of these mini- The number of our classmates who vol- [email protected] Photo on left: Coach Bob Gaudet with ‘81 teammates Mark Bedard and Mark Uryhnuk. Photo on right: ‘81s were in force among those attending the reunions nearby, and you should receive a unteered to make these mini-reunions recent reunion of the NCAA Men’s Final Four Men’s Hockey teams. Pictured above (L-R) Bobby Gaudet, Jeff Pope ‘80, Mark Ardagna ‘83, Bob Grant direct invitation to mini-reunion(s) in your happen is truly impressive. Many of them Alumni Council Rep ‘79, Chris Andrews, Bill Flanigan ‘83, Mark Bedard, Chip Bettencourt, Mark Uhrynuk, Rosco Brownridge ‘80, Rich Diver ‘83, and Coach George Crowe. area. But take note that ALL of these David Edelson There were reportedly no arrests related to the gathering. have never hosted or helped organize a [email protected] mini-reunions are open to EVERY member mini-reunion before. We should all express of the Class of ’81. So, it may be possible Tennis Anyone? Or would you rather play a round? our gratitude to them for their efforts by Co-Head Agent to attend one in conjunction with a busi- SHOWING UP. Martin Weinstein Among the offerings at our upcoming 35th Reunion will be a tennis tournament and a round of golf at the ness trip or vacation. [I promise the one in [email protected] NYC will be especially fabulous!] Hanover Country Club. In order to plan these events, you should contact the organizers as soon as possible, so Also, remember we are planning to have Co-Head Agent that your spot can be held. This is especially critical for golfers, as there are a limited number of openings and another virtual 81st Day Mini-Reunion on Lon Povich the tee times need to be reserved. Golfers should e-mail Jerry Pierce at [email protected], and Feel free to contact any of the local orga- Facebook again this year – so everyone can [email protected] for tennis, please contact Sally Johnson at [email protected]. The golf outing is scheduled for Friday, nizers listed [or me] for more information, certainly participate in that. June 19 at noon. Tennis will be on Saturday, June 20 from 9 to 10:30. particularly if you have any interest in at-

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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 MARCH 2015 NEWSLETTER 35th Reunion June 18 - 21, 2015: Get Ready to Register!!

Director’s Cut By Pamela Mason Wagner

Veteran screenwriter Dan Gilroy ’81 talks about making his directorial debut last year with the Oscar-nominated Nightcrawler.

Screenwriter Dan Gilroy, best known for films such as Two for the Money (2005), Real Steel (2011) and The Bourne Legacy (2012), made his directorial debut in 2014—at age 55—helming his script Nightcrawler to critical acclaim. The film, a gritty tale starring Jake Gyllenhaal and shot mostly on the streets of Los Angeles, earned him his first Oscar

Dan Gilroy on the set with Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed. (Photo courtesy Gilroy continued on Page 2 of Dan Gilroy.)

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