Brian Helgeland is a Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer American born on 17 january 1961 at Providence (USA)
Brian Helgeland
Brian Helgeland participated to
24 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
8 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Scriptwriter
, 2h20
Directed by Ridley ScottOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalActors Russell Crowe,
Cate Blanchett,
Matthew Macfadyen,
Mark Strong,
Oscar Isaac,
Kevin DurandRoles Story
Rating65%
In 1199 A.D., Robin Longstride (Russell Crowe) is a common archer in the army of King Richard the Lionheart (Danny Huston). A veteran of Richard's crusade, he now takes part in the siege of Chalus Castle. Disillusioned and war-weary, he believes the King when invited to give an honest view of the war; after Robin gives a frank but unflattering appraisal of the King's conduct, Robin and his comrades – archers Allan A'Dayle (Alan Doyle) and Will Scarlett (Scott Grimes) and soldier Little John (Kevin Durand) – find themselves in the stocks.Director
, 1h41
Directed by Brian HelgelandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Mob film,
Action,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Mel Gibson,
Gregg Henry,
Maria Bello,
David Paymer,
Bill Duke,
Lucy LiuRating70%
In a filthy kitchen of an underground abortionist, an unkempt former medical doctor puts on surgical gloves and quickly downs a full glass of cheap whiskey. Face down on the kitchen table is a barely conscious Porter (Mel Gibson), severely wounded with two large bullet wounds in his back. The doctor pours whiskey on Porter's back to sterilize the area and digs out the bullets. Porter spends five months recuperating. Porter narrates that he had $70,000 taken from him and that is what he was going to get back.Scriptwriter
, 2h17
Directed by Clint EastwoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Films about children,
Psychologie,
Films about sexuality,
Films about pedophiliaActors Sean Penn,
Tim Robbins,
Kevin Bacon,
Laurence Fishburne,
Marcia Gay Harden,
Laura LinneyRoles Auteur
Rating78%
In 1975, three children, Jimmy, Sean, and Dave, are playing on the streets of Boston when a stranger approaches them. Since the stranger has a badge and is wearing a suit, the children assume that he is a police officer. The stranger orders Dave to enter his car, and Dave obeys, but this leads to him being sexually abused and locked inside a basement for four days, after which he manages to escape., 2h9
Directed by Richard DonnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Spy films,
Medical-themed films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Films about psychiatry,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Mel Gibson,
Julia Roberts,
Patrick Stewart,
Steve Kahan,
Cylk Cozart,
Alex McArthurRoles Writer
Rating66%
Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) is a lawyer working for the U.S. government at the Justice Department. Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson), a conspiracy-theory obsessed New York City taxi driver, continually expounds his ideas to her. Alice humors him because he once saved her from a mugging, but does not know he has been spying on her at home. Her own obsession is to solve the mystery of her father's murder., 2h20
Directed by Tony ScottOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Children's filmsActors Denzel Washington,
Dakota Fanning,
Christopher Walken,
Giancarlo Giannini,
Radha Mitchell,
Marc AnthonyRating76%
In 2003, burnt-out ex-CIA officer and former U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance officer John Creasy (Denzel Washington) looks for work and reunites with old friend and comrade Paul Rayburn (Christopher Walken), who runs a security firm in Mexico. Because of the extremely high rate of kidnappings in Mexico City for ransom money, businessman Samuel Ramos (Marc Anthony) hires Creasy through Rayburn to guard his nine-year-old daughter "Pita" (Dakota Fanning), intending to keep him on for only a short period in order to renew his kidnap and ransom insurance on Pita. Creasy suffers from alcoholism, depression and severe guilt as a result of his past work as a counterinsurgency fighter and assassin, and so works for Samuel at a rate far below what his experience would command. At first Creasy distances himself socially from Pita, but the two soon develop a friendship, which allows Creasy to overcome his demons and to act as a mentor and surrogate father-figure to the girl., 2h18
Directed by Curtis HansonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
Films about prostitutionActors Kevin Spacey,
Russell Crowe,
Guy Pearce,
Kim Basinger,
Danny DeVito,
James CromwellRating81%
In early 1950s Los Angeles, Detective Sergeant Edmund "Ed" Exley (Guy Pearce), the son of a legendary LAPD detective, is determined to live up to his father's reputation. His intelligence, insistence on following regulations and cold demeanor contribute to his isolation from other officers. He exacerbates this resentment by volunteering to testify in a police brutality case, insisting on a promotion to Detective Lieutenant against the advice of Captain Dudley Smith (James Cromwell). Exley's ambition is fueled by the murder of his father by an unknown assailant, to whom he refers as "Rollo Tomasi" to give him personality.Director
, 2h8
Directed by Brian HelgelandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Films about racism,
Sports films,
Baseball filmsActors Chadwick Boseman,
Harrison Ford,
Nicole Beharie,
Alan Tudyk,
Christopher Meloni,
André HollandRating74%
The film tells the story of Jackie Robinson and, under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey, Robinson's signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player to break the baseball color barrier. The story focuses mostly on the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season and somewhat on Robinson's 1946 season with the Montreal Royals, which emphasize his battles with racism.Scriptwriter
, 1h55
Directed by Paul GreengrassOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Matt Damon,
Greg Kinnear,
Yigal Naor,
Brendan Gleeson,
Amy Ryan,
Khalid AbdallaRoles Writer
Rating67%
On March 19, 2003, Iraqi General Mohammed Al-Rawi (Yigal Naor) meets with his officers and aides in Baghdad to discuss the invasion of Iraq. Al-Rawi decides to wait for the Americans to arrive and offer him a deal.