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Brian Helgeland Biography (1961-)

Full name, Brian Thomas Helgeland; born January 17, 1961 in Providence, RI; raised in New Bedford, MA; son of Karin Helgeland; children: two. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., BeverlyHills, CA 90211.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, director, writer

Birth Details

January 17, 1961

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Coproducer, Highway to Hell, Hemdale Releasing, 1992
• Coproducer, L.A. Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997
• Director, Payback (also known as Parker), Paramount, 1998
• Director and producer, A Knight's Tale, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
• Director and producer, The Order (also known as The Sin Eater and Sin Eater--Die seele des bosen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Film Appearances
• Himself, L.A. Confidential ... Off the Record (documentary short),Warner Home Video, 1998
• Himself, The Rules of Love (documentary short), Columbia TriStar,2001
• Himself, The Rock Music Scene in 1370 (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, Stories for the People (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, The Marquee Event (documentary short), Columbia TriStar,2001
• Himself, Tournaments: A Cross Between Pro Football and Stock Car Racing (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, Heath Ledger Profile (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, School of Hard Knocks (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, The World's First Sports Promoter (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, Sexy Armour and a Rock Band on Tour (documentary short),Columbia TriStar, 2001
• Himself, "Mystic River": Beneath the Surface (documentary short),Warner Home Video, 2004
• Himself, "Mystic River": From Page to Screen (documentary short),Warner Home Video, 2004
• Himself, Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing "Man on Fire" (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2005
• Television Work
• Episodic
• Director, "A Slight Case of Murder," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1996
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998
• Himself, The Making of "A Knight's Tale" (documentary), HBO, 2001
• Himself, The Making of "Man on Fire" (documentary), 2004
• Episodic
• Himself, "A Knight's Tale," HBO First Look, HBO, 2001
• Himself, "Man on Fire," HBO First Look, HBO, 2004
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Scott Pierce) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master(based on a story by Helgeland and William Kotzwinkle), New Line Cinema, 1988
• (With Rhet Topham) 976-EVIL, New Line Cinema, 1988
• Highway to Hell, Hemdale Releasing, 1992
• Assassins (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995
• (With Curtis Hanson) L.A. Confidential (based on a novel by JamesEllroy), Warner Bros., 1997
• Conspiracy Theory, Warner Bros., 1997
• (With Eric Roth) The Postman (based on a novel by David Brin), Warner Bros., 1997
• Payback (also known as Parker), Paramount, 1998
• (With Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser) Bulworth, 1998
• A Knight's Tale, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
• Blood Work, Warner Bros., 2002
• Mystic River, Warner Bros., 2003
• The Order (also known as The Sin Eater and Sin Eater--Die seele des bosen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Man on Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004
• Cirque du Freak, 2006
• Television Episodes
• Friday the 13th: The Series (also known as Friday the 13thand Friday's Curse), syndicated, 1987
• "A Slight Case of Murder," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1996

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, August 8, 1997, p. 37
• The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA), March 19, 1998