Billy Ray | |
|---|---|
 Billy Ray in 2007 | |
| Born | September 21, 1971 (age 46) |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Stacy Sherman |
Billy Ray is an American screenwriter and film director. He began writing for television and movies in 1994 with Color of Night.[1] He has written numerous movies including Volcano[2] and Hart's War.[3] He was one of the creators and writers of the science fiction show Earth 2. On August 10, 2015, it was announced that he will be writing a screenplay adaptation of The Devil in the White City that Martin Scorsese will direct, which will star Leonardo DiCaprio.[4]
Biography[]
Ray was born to a Jewish family and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California.[5] Starting in 2003 he began to direct as well as write; his first film was Shattered Glass, inspired by the true story of Stephen Glass, a journalist who fabricated a majority of his stories.[6] He was nominated for the Most Promising Filmmaker by the Chicago Film Critics Association and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for his work on this film.[7] Breach (2007), which Ray co-wrote and directed, tells a similar story about Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for more than two decades, and Eric O'Neill, who worked as his assistant and helped bring about his downfall.[8]
He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplay to the 2012 blockbuster The Hunger Games, and his Academy Award nominated screenplay for Captain Phillips.
Filmography[]
Writer credits[]
- Color of Night (1994)
- Volcano (1997)
- Hart's War (2002)
- Shattered Glass (2003)
- Suspect Zero (2004)
- Flightplan (2005)
- Breach (2007)
- State of Play (2009)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- Captain Phillips (2013)
- Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
- The Last Tycoon (2016–17)
- Overlord (2018)
- Terminator 6 (2019)
Director credits[]
- Shattered Glass (2003)
- Breach (2007)
- Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
- The Last Tycoon (2016–17)
References[]
- ↑ "Production Credits: Color of Night". Allmovie. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Production Credits: Volcano". Allmovie. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Production Credits: Hart's War". Allmovie. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Scorsese and DiCaprio Take on The Devil in the White City". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Pfefferman, Naomi. "Miniseries adds Jewish context to Fitzgerald's 'Last Tycoon'". Jewish Journal.
Ray, 53, said that he and the show's executive producer, Christopher Keyser, deliberately increased the story's Jewish content because they both are Jewish
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Hastings, Michael. "Overview: Shattered Glass". Allmovie. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Awards: Billy Ray". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Buchanan, Jason. "Overview: Breach". Allmovie. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
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| Billy Ray | ||
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| Films directed | Shattered Glass (2003) • Breach (2007) • Secret in Their Eyes (2015) | |
| Films written | Color of Night (1994) • Volcano (1997) • Hart's War (2002) • Suspect Zero (2004) • Flightplan (2005) • State of Play (2009) • The Hunger Games (2012) • Captain Phillips (2013) • Overlord (2018) • Gemini Man (2019) • Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) • Richard Jewell (2019) | |
| Television series created | Earth 2 (1994–95) • The Last Tycoon (2016–17) • A Higher Loyalty (TBA) | |