Dan Gilroy
Film director · 3 films (2014–2019)
Dan Gilroy is a director whose work here spans Nightcrawler (2014) to Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), across thriller and crime. 3 of those films were photographed by Robert Elswit. The work runs low-key — 56% of frames across the 3 films indexed here, against 40% library-wide. All 167 frames from 3 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Daniel Christopher Gilroy is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing and directing Nightcrawler (2014), for which he won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards.
Born 24 June 1959 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Directing style
Dan Gilroy’s visual style relies on a tense, lonely atmosphere built primarily through shallow-depth-of-field medium shots and closeups captured at eye-level. His frames favor nocturnal, interior environments illuminated by unglamorous, realistic light sources like fluorescents, practicals, windows, and streetlamps. The color palette is defined by a cool, desaturated grade dominated by dark, muted tones of slate blue, charcoal, and deep black, punctuated by sharp accents of crimson.
Films directed by Dan Gilroy
About Dan Gilroy
When was Dan Gilroy born?
Dan Gilroy was born on 24 June 1959 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
What films has Dan Gilroy directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 3 of them: Nightcrawler (2014), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019).
Search every frame of Dan Gilroy’s films
All 167 indexed frames from 3 films directed by Dan Gilroy — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.