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Director · Writer/Creator · 1959–

Dan Gilroy

Dan Gilroy is an American screenwriter. Born on 24 June 1959, this profile follows Dan Gilroy through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Ocean Front Walk, KTLA at Sunset Bronson Studios and El Compadre. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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Dan Gilroy
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CHAPTER 02

Nightcrawler · Ocean Front Walk

Dan Gilroy is credited as director and writer on Nightcrawler. The work’s existing location story leads to Ocean Front Walk. Lou steals a bicycle along Ocean Front Walk. The production filmed north of Windward Avenue; the image is a wider boardwalk view rather than an exact shot match.

Nightcrawler — credits ↗︎Nightcrawler · Ocean Front Walk ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 3 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

IN THE STORY

Explore a shared connection.

Browse all people →

WORKS

Culture, connected.

Follow the work through its real places.

KEEP EXPLORING

Cities and Worlds.

CITY

Los Angeles ↗︎

Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.

WORLD · Movies

Nightcrawler ↗︎

Venice daylight, a television frontage and a Hollywood restaurant reveal the working geography behind Lou Bloom’s night.

PEOPLE IN THE STORY

Creative connections.

Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.

Actor · Producer

Jake Gyllenhaal ↗︎

Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor. Born on 19 December 1980, this profile follows Jake Gyllenhaal through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Zodiac (2007) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Capitol Records Building, Transamerica Pyramid and Union Square, with existing stories in San Francisco. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Bill Paxton ↗︎

Bill Paxton was an American actor and filmmaker. Born on 17 May 1955, this profile follows Bill Paxton through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Terminator (1984), Predator 2 (1990), True Lies (1994) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Second Street Tunnel, Griffith Observatory and Eastern Columbia Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Musician

James Newton Howard ↗︎

James Newton Howard is an American composer and music producer. Born on 9 June 1951, this profile follows James Newton Howard through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Pretty Woman (1990), Falling Down (1993), The Fugitive (1993) and ER (1994). The location trail reaches Beverly Wilshire, Ambassador Hotel — former site and Oviatt Building · Cicada, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Rene Russo ↗︎

Rene Russo is an American actress and model. Born on 17 February 1954, this profile follows Rene Russo through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Ocean Front Walk and KTLA at Sunset Bronson Studios. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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