Biography
Brian Thomas Helgeland is an American screenwriter, film producer and director.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Killer
2024
Screenplay
Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by...

Finestkind
2023
Director, Writer
Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicat...

Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
as Self
The career of the famous production designer Miljen Kljaković – Kreka and reveals all the beauty and importance of film scenography.

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Da...

Spenser Confidential
2020
Screenplay
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two...

Legend
2015
Writer, Director
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using ...

42
2013
Director, Screenplay
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson...

Robin Hood
2010
Screenplay, Story
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Rober...

Green Zone
2010
Writer
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of ...

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Screenplay
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Screenplay
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatche...

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
as Self
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing i...

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005
as Self
A documentary on the making of the 2004 film "Man on Fire," mixing movie clips, behind-the-scenes shots and interviews of cast and crew. The program c...

Man on Fire
2004
Screenplay
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventual...

Mystic River
2003
Screenplay
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

The Order
2003
Director, Screenplay, Producer
For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mys...

Blood Work
2002
Screenplay
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a seri...

A Knight's Tale: Making Of
2002
as Self
A closer look into the filmmaking of Brian Helgeland's "A Knight's Tale".

A Knight's Tale
2001
Director, Producer, Writer
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, Will...

Payback
1999
Screenplay, Director
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and lea...

The Postman
1997
Screenplay
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this ...

L.A. Confidential
1997
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of...

Conspiracy Theory
1997
Writer
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he h...

Assassins
1995
Screenplay
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly resul...

976-EVIL II
1992
Characters
After being bestowed with demonic powers following a phone call to Hell, a psychotic teacher begins a rampage of death and destruction in a small town...

Highway to Hell
1991
Writer, Co-Producer
Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will...

976-EVIL
1988
Writer
A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
Screenplay, Story
Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who ...

Ness
N/A
Screenplay
Cleveland, 1935. Eliot Ness, fresh from his legendary Chicago triumph over Al Capone and associates, set his sights on Cleveland and went on a crusade...
Button Man
N/A
Screenplay, Director
Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson, the movie tells the story of ex-military contractor Harry Exton, considered the first tru...
Spenser Confidential 2
N/A
Screenplay
A sequel to the 2020 film.