# Tom Gilroy

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'''Tom Gilroy''' is an American director, writer, actor, producer, playwright, poet, musician, and teacher.<ref name="Touch Base">{{Citation|title=Touch Base|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213290/|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref><ref name="Itzkoff">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/arts/television/30itzk.html|title=Lizz Winstead - TV|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Genzlinger">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/12/nyregion/theater-hamlet-pared-down-and-high-tech-on-its-shakedown-run.html|title=THEATER; 'Hamlet,' Pared Down and High-Tech, on Its Shakedown Run|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/poetry-haiku-stipe-drawer|title=A Forgotten Desk Drawer Hid a Poetic Pop Culture Gem|date=2017-04-03|work=Atlas Obscura|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.remhq.com/news/ciao-my-shining-star-the-songs-of-mark-mulcahy-3/|title=CIAO MY SHINING STAR: THE SONGS OF MARK MULCAHY {{!}} R.E.M.HQ|website=www.remhq.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref><ref name=":2"/> Gilroy has written, directed and produced five films, including the award-winning short ''Touch Base'' and the critically acclaimed feature ''Spring Forward.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/best-films-stand-out-at-festival|title=Best films stand out at festival {{!}} Festivals & Awards {{!}} Roger Ebert|last=Ebert|first=Roger|website=www.rogerebert.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> He has appeared in over 20 television shows and 30 films''.''

With his theatre company Machine Full, Gilroy has produced over a dozen critically acclaimed productions,<ref name="Tom Gilroy {{!}} HuffPost">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/tom-gilroy|title=Tom Gilroy {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> most recently the multi-media production of ''Hamlet'' for the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival.<ref name="Genzlinger" /> Gilroy is also a published [haiku](/source/haiku) poet, having authored ''the haiku year''<ref name="Books, j'adore">{{Cite news|url=https://booksjadore.com/2012/01/26/the-haiku-year-tom-gilroy-anna-grace-jim-mckay-douglas-a-martin-grant-lee-philips-rick-roth-michael-stipe/|title=The Haiku Year, Tom Gilroy, Anna Grace, Jim McKay, Douglas A Martin, Grant Lee Philips, Rick Roth, Michael Stipe|date=2012-01-26|work=Books, j'adore|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US}}</ref> and ''Haiku, Not Bombs''<ref name="Center for Book Arts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerforbookarts.dreamhosters.com/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/1143|title=Center for Book Arts|website=www.centerforbookarts.dreamhosters.com|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> among others.

Gilroy has collaborated with [Michael Stipe](/source/Michael_Stipe) on several projects, including "Everything’s Coming Undone," for the compilation album ''Ciao My Shining Star, The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ciao-my-shining-star-the-songs-of-mark-mulcahy-mw0000823569|title=Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs Of Mark Mulcahy - Various Artists {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> He has performed as a musician on tracks by Stipe, [Mark Mulcahy](/source/Mark_Mulcahy), Dub Gabriel, and [Ariel Aparicio](/source/Ariel_Aparicio), whose album ''Aerials'' he produced.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.arielaparicio.com/|title=Official Ariel Aparicio|website=www.arielaparicio.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>

Gilroy has also taught as a professor at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) and [Davidson College](/source/Davidson_College).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.davidsonian.com/renowned-filmmaker-tom-gilroy-focuses-his-lens-on-davidson/|title=Renowned filmmaker Tom Gilroy focuses his lens on Davidson – The Davidsonian|website=www.davidsonian.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Directing ===
Tom Gilroy has written, directed and produced five films. Among them are three shorts, the award-winning ''Touch Base'', ''Mr. Sycamore'', and ''It Happened Today'', his most recent collaboration with [R.E.M](/source/R.E.M.).<ref name="Touch Base"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://berkshireonstage.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/wff-to-screen-the-cold-lands-with-director-tom-gilroy-at-images/|title=WFF to screen ‘The Cold Lands’ with director Tom Gilroy at Images|date=2014-05-06|work=BERKSHIRE ON STAGE|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/pop-song-2011-the-video-for-r-e-m-s-it-happened-today/|title=Pop Song 2011: The Video for R.E.M.'s 'It Happened Today'|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|work=ArtsBeat|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en}}</ref>

He has also written and directed the critically lauded feature ''Spring Forward'', starring [Liev Schreiber](/source/Liev_Schreiber), [Ned Beatty](/source/Ned_Beatty), and [Campbell Scott](/source/Campbell_Scott). His most recent feature film as writer/director is ''The Cold Lands'', starring [Lili Taylor](/source/Lili_Taylor), which premiered at the [Berlinale Film Festival](/source/Berlin_International_Film_Festival) in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2013/02_programm_2013/02_Filmdatenblatt_2013_20133257.html#tab=filmStills|title=The Cold Lands|website=www.berlinale.de|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> The film also featured a book of photography and haiku, entitled ''Somebody Else’s Nowhere: Haiku and Images from The Cold Lands''.<ref name="The Cold Lands {{!}} Cinereach">{{Cite news|url=http://cinereach.org/films/the-cold-lands/|title=The Cold Lands {{!}} Cinereach|work=Cinereach|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US}}</ref>

Gilroy is currently developing another feature-length film entitled ''Our Lady of the Snow'',<ref name="SF Film Society Blog">{{Cite news|url=http://blog.sffs.org/home/2014/8/in-focus-tom-gilroy-on-our-lady-of-the-snow.html|title=In Focus: Tom Gilroy on Our Lady of the Snow|work=SF Film Society Blog|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US}}</ref> which recently won the prestigious [San Francisco Film Society](/source/San_Francisco_Film_Society)/KRF Grant and received fellowships from the Djerassi and McDowell colonies.<ref name="SF Film Society Blog"/>

As a screenwriter, Gilroy was commissioned to write a feature film for ''Orange is the New Black'''s [Nick Sandow](/source/Nick_Sandow). Entitled ''Star of the Sea'', it will be Sandow’s third feature as a director.

=== Acting ===
Gilroy has appeared in over 20 television shows including ''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order), [Sex and the City](/source/Sex_and_the_City)'', and ''[Damages](/source/Damages_(TV_series)).'' He also acted in upwards of 30 films, having worked with such directors as [Ken Loach](/source/Ken_Loach), [Sidney Lumet](/source/Sidney_Lumet), [Jean-Luc Godard](/source/Jean-Luc_Godard), [Lodge Kerrigan](/source/Lodge_Kerrigan), [Dan Minehan](/source/Daniel_Minahan), [Jim McKay](/source/Jim_McKay), [Christopher Munch](/source/Christopher_M%C3%BCnch), [Ali Selim](/source/Ali_Selim), [Cam Archer](/source/Cam_Archer), [Paul Auster](/source/Paul_Auster) and multi-media artist [Robert Longo](/source/Robert_Longo).

He has also played dozens of characters on ''Wake Up, World'', the long-running touring satire of morning news shows from the mind of ''The Daily Show'' creator [Lizz Winstead](/source/Lizz_Winstead), for which he was a writer and director.<ref name="Itzkoff"/>

=== Theater ===
Gilroy’s plays have been produced in several US cities and around the world. With his theatre company Machine Full (co-founded with Lili Taylor and [Michael Imperioli](/source/Michael_Imperioli)), he has written numerous critically acclaimed plays, most notably ''The Invisible Hand'' and ''Halcion Days''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tom-gilroy-opens-his-invisible-hand-here-dec-6-com-78825|title=Tom Gilroy Opens His Invisible Hand, HERE Dec. 6 {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> His other works include ''Sugar Cane and Coffee Cup'', ''Collateral Damage'', ''American Lesion'', ''Witch’s Tit'', and ''The Invisible Hand''.

In 2005 he directed [Rosie Perez](/source/Rosie_Perez), [Robert Sean Leonard](/source/Robert_Sean_Leonard), [Natasha Lyonne](/source/Natasha_Lyonne), and [Mary-Louise Parker](/source/Mary-Louise_Parker) in the play ''Nine Ten'' for the 24 Hour play project.<ref name="Tom Gilroy {{!}} HuffPost"/> He has also directed a production of [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller)’s ''Incident At Vichy''.

Most recently, Gilroy produced and directed the multi-media production of ''Hamlet'' for the New Jersey Shakespeare festival, starring Richard Harris, Jared Harris, and Lili Taylor.

=== Poetry ===
Gilroy has authored various haiku pieces, including ''the haiku year'',<ref name="Books, j'adore"/> ''Haiku, Not Bombs'',<ref name="Center for Book Arts"/> the ''Festival Of Writers Haiku Project'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shinyupai.com/portfolio/festival-of-writers-2013-haiku-project/|title=Festival of Writers 2013 Haiku Project {{!}} Shin Yu Pai|website=shinyupai.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> and ''Somebody Else’s Nowhere'',<ref name="The Cold Lands {{!}} Cinereach"/> which features haiku and photography.

=== Music ===
Gilroy has collaborated with [Michael Stipe](/source/Michael_Stipe) on several projects, including "Everything’s Coming Undone," for the compilation album ''Ciao My Shining Star, The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.''<ref name=":0" /> He has performed as a musician on tracks by Stipe, [Mark Mulcahy](/source/Mark_Mulcahy), Dub Gabriel, and [Ariel Aparicio](/source/Ariel_Aparicio), whose album ''Aerials'' he produced.<ref name=":1" />

=== Academics ===
As a professor, Gilroy has taught at multiple prestigious institutions. He taught at Columbia University for five semesters, and at Davidson College for one.<ref name=":2" />

Gilroy is a three-time MacDowell Fellow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portablemacdowell.org/#artists/tom-gilroy|title=The Portable MacDowell|last=Colony|first=The MacDowell|website=The Portable MacDowell|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> and a two-time Sundance Lab Fellow.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sffilm.org/press/releases/72815-2015-djerassi-winner|title=San Francisco Film Society Announces Winner of 2015 Djerassi Residency Award / SFFS Screenwriting Fellowship}}</ref> He has also received the 2015 Kenneth Rainin Screenwriting Grant from the San Francisco Film Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sffilm.org/press/releases/042514-krf-winners|title=Winners Announced for Spring 2014 San Francisco Film Society / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants}}</ref> and the Esteemed McGee Chair for Filmmaking at Davidson College.<ref name=":2" /> Gilroy also won the 2015 Djerassi Residency Award from the [San Francisco Film Society](/source/San_Francisco_Film_Society).<ref name=":3" />

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1990
|''[A Matter of Degrees](/source/A_Matter_of_Degrees)''
|The Scuzz
|
|-
|1991
|''[This Film Is On](/source/This_Film_Is_On)''
|Lonely Man
|
|-
|1994
|''[Post Cards from America](/source/Post_Cards_from_America)''
|Adult David's Friend
|
|-
|1995
|[''Land and Freedom''](/source/Land_and_Freedom_(film))
|Lawrence
|
|-
|1996
|[''Girls Town''](/source/Girls_Town_(1996_film))
|Richard Helms
|
|-
|1996
|''Ratchet''
|Elliot Callahan
|
|-
|1997
|[''Inside/Out''](/source/Inside%2FOut_(1997_film))
|David Sheppard
|
|-
|1997
|''Vicious Circles''
|Morton
|
|-
|1998
|[''Spark''](/source/Spark_(1998_film))
|Jack
|
|-
|1998
|''[Lulu on the Bridge](/source/Lulu_on_the_Bridge)''
|Restaurant Man #1
|
|-
|1998
|''[Claire Dolan](/source/Claire_Dolan)''
|Client #3 / $1000 Trick
|
|-
|1999
|''Getting to Know You''
|Jimmy's Father
|
|-
|1999
|[''On the Run''](/source/On_the_Run_(1999_film))
|Tom
|
|-
|2000
|[''Bread and Roses''](/source/Bread_and_Roses_(2000_film))
|Director of Campaigns
|
|-
|2000
|''[The Acting Class](/source/The_Acting_Class)''
|{{N/a}}
|
|-
|2001
|''[Series 7: The Contenders](/source/Series_7%3A_The_Contenders)''
|Dawn's Cameraman
|
|-
|2004
|''[Harry + Max](/source/Harry_%2B_Max)''
|Josiah
|
|-
|2004
|[''Everyday People''](/source/Everyday_People_(film))
|Erin's Professor
|
|-
|2005
|''Shooting Vegetarians''
|Bailiff
|
|-
|2005
|''[Sweet Land](/source/Sweet_Land)''
|Comrade Vik
|
|-
|2006
|''[Wild Tigers I Have Known](/source/Wild_Tigers_I_Have_Known)''
|The Principal
|
|-
|2008
|[''Dream Boy''](/source/Dream_Boy_(film))
|Preacher John
|
|-
|2009
|''[The Blue Tooth Virgin](/source/The_Blue_Tooth_Virgin)''
|Louis
|
|-
|2009
|''Don't Let Me Drown''
|Fireman #2
|
|-
|2015
|''The World Made Straight''
|Mr. Anderson
|
|-
|2016
|''Tom's Dilemma''
|Mr. Jacobson
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1989
|[''Monsters''](/source/Monsters_(American_TV_series))
|Nelson
|Episode: "The Mother Instinct"
|-
|1997
|''[Dellaventura](/source/Dellaventura)''
|Paul Webb
|Episode: "The Biggest Miracle"
|-
|1998
|''Remembering Sex''
|Ryan
|Television film
|-
|1999
|''[Sex and the City](/source/Sex_and_the_City)''
|Tom
|Episode: "They Shoot Single People, Don't They?"
|-
|2000
|''[Third Watch](/source/Third_Watch)''
|Deranged Shooter
|2 episodes
|-
|2001
|''[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Special_Victims_Unit)''
|Cal Oman
|Episode: "Sacrifice"
|-
|2002
|''[100 Centre Street](/source/100_Centre_Street)''
|Mitchell Fox
|2 episodes
|-
|2009
|''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)''
|Eric Johnson
|Episode: "Chattel"
|-
|2009
|''Wake Up World''
|McStormy
|Television film
|-
|2010
|[''Damages''](/source/Damages_(TV_series))
|Director
|Episode: "All That Crap About Your Family"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0319680}}

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