EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Oscar-winning author and director Brian Helgeland for illustration in all areas.
Helgeland received the Academy Award for Finest Tailored Screenplay for L.A. Confidential, the traditional 1997 James Ellroy adaptation for Warner Bros, which was additionally nominated for Finest Image and 7 different awards. In 2004, he garnered a second nomination for writing Mystic River, Clint Eastwood’s Warner Bros drama, bqsed on the novel by Dennis Lehane, which starred Sean Peann, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and extra.
Helgeland has written and directed quite a few different acclaimed movies, together with A Knight’s Story starring Heath Ledger, Legend starring Tom Hardy, and 42, the Jackie Robinson biopic starring Chadwick Boseman. His screenwriting credit span iconic titles akin to Man on Hearth, Conspiracy Idea, Inexperienced Zone, and The Taking of Pelham 123.
Helgeland’s newest venture, Finestkind, a criminal offense thriller starring Ben Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, and Jenna Ortega, premiered at TIFF and was launched by Paramount+. The multi-hyphenate continues to be represented by Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
