A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born:
September 21, 1971
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William (Billy) Ray is an American screenwriter and director. He began writing for television and movies in 1994 with Color of Night. He has written numerous movies including Volcano and Hart's War. He was one of the creators and writers of the science fiction show Earth 2. Billy Ray in 2007 (+/-) Starting in 2003 he began to direct as well as write; his first film was Shattered Glass, the story of a reporter who invented his stories. 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. In the 2007 release, Breach, which Ray co-wrote and directed, he tells a stylistically similar story about an FBI agent who spies for the Russians. Both films were based on actual people and recent events. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Ray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Author:
2002 Hart's War
Director:
2002 Hart's War
2003 Shattered Glass
2007 Breach
2015 Secret in Their Eyes
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Producer:
2002 Hart's War
2003 Shattered Glass
2007 Breach
2012 Chasing Ice
2015 Secret in Their Eyes
???? J6
Screenplay:
1994 Color of Night
1995 The Shooter
1997 Volcano
1998 Legalese
2002 Hart's War
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Suspect Zero
2007 Breach
2009 State of Play
2012 Chasing Ice
2012 The Hunger Games
2013 Captain Phillips
2015 Secret in Their Eyes
2018 Overlord
2019 Gemini Man
2019 Richard Jewell
2019 Terminator: Dark Fate
???? J6
???? The Silent Wife
Story:
1994 Color of Night
1995 The Shooter
1997 Volcano
1998 Legalese
2002 Hart's War
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Suspect Zero
2007 Breach
2009 State of Play
2012 Chasing Ice
2012 The Hunger Games
2013 Captain Phillips
2015 Secret in Their Eyes
2018 Overlord
2019 Gemini Man
2019 Richard Jewell
2019 Terminator: Dark Fate
???? J6
???? The Silent Wife
Writer:
1994 Color of Night
1995 The Shooter
1997 Volcano
1998 Legalese
2002 Hart's War
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Suspect Zero
2005 Flightplan
2007 Breach
2009 State of Play
2012 Chasing Ice
2012 The Hunger Games
2013 Captain Phillips
2015 Secret in Their Eyes
2018 Overlord
2019 Gemini Man
2019 Richard Jewell
2019 Terminator: Dark Fate
???? Animals
???? J6
???? The Silent Wife
Creator:
1994 Earth 2
2017 The Last Tycoon
Director:
1994 Earth 2
2017 The Last Tycoon
2020 The Comey Rule
Executive Producer:
1994 Earth 2
2017 The Last Tycoon
2020 The Comey Rule
Story:
1994 Earth 2
2017 The Last Tycoon
2020 The Comey Rule
Writer:
1994 Earth 2
2017 The Last Tycoon
2020 The Comey Rule
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