Grant Heslov
Screenwriter and Actor
Heslov finds niche behind the camera...PRINTING HOLLYWOOD - It started with an unlikely pairing of two unknowns. Back in the '80s, a couple of struggling actors named Grant Heslov and George Clooney were in an acting class. Clooney asked Heslov, then a student at the University... In this article: Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Good Night, and Good Luck, Oscar, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Anxiety, Dwayne Johnson, and University of Southern California |
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The Huffington Post | 3 days ago
John Sergeant: How My Involvement with The Men Who Stare at Goats Was Erased Entirely
...unearthed key materials, and actually carried out much of the investigation that yielded the remarkable tale that George Clooney and Grant Heslov quite rightly felt would make a great movie. Of course World of Wonder the production company...
In this article: Jon Ronson, George Clooney, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Goat, John Alexander, Jim Channon, George Bush, and Legal advice
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L.A. Times - Show Tracker | 3 days ago
Jason Lee returns to TV for George Clooney's TNT pilot, 'Delta Blues'
..."Delta Blues." The cable network has ordered a one-hour pilot, which is being executive-produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov. Michael Wright, TNT and TBS head of programming, called Lee "the ideal choice to bring the compelling,...
In this article: Jason Lee, TNT, George Clooney, My Name Is Earl, Los Angeles Times, TBS, and Memphis
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | 3 days ago
TEAM SPIRIT
...as intended. "We'll do a take and [ George Clooney] will give me a look and, with a nod of my head, we'll do another take," says Grant Heslov, who has worked in various roles with the actor over four films and two TV series; they also...
In this article: Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar, Steven Soderbergh, Nora Ephron, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Oscar, and Meeting of the minds
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Jason Lee sings Delta Blues
...Network's Adult Swim and has signed on to direct the indie film "Get Back." The hourlong "Delta Blues," from Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures and Warner Horizon, centers on Dwight Hendricks (Lee), a Memphis police officer who...
In this article: Jason Lee, TNT, Adult Swim, Get Back, George Clooney, My Name Is Earl, A Couple of Dicks, Cartoon Network, and Clark Johnson
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The Huffington Post | November 12, 2009
Alex Remington: The Men Who Stare At Goats: A Plot in Search of a Movie
Grant Heslov's movie The Men Who Stare At Goats is a good premise stuck in a mess of a movie. Based on a stranger-than-fiction book about paranormal research within the U.S. military, it should be a black comedy about the lengths to which...
In this article: George Clooney, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Iraq War, Goat, Good Night, and Good Luck, London, Tin, and Oscars
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | November 10, 2009
The man who steered 'Goats'
...with this declaration: "More of this is true than you would believe." But how true is "true"? In a recent interview, director Grant Heslov said, "If I had to quantify, I'd say 60 percent. "Jim Channon, the basis for Jeff Bridges'...
In this article: George Clooney, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Good Night, and Good Luck, Business partner, Oscar, University of Southern California, Jon Ronson, and Peter Straughan
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Reuters | November 08, 2009
Men Who Stare at Goats weathers far-flung shoot
...shoot By Martin A. Grove LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Getting his project cast and financed was not the hard part for Grant Heslov. His feature directing debut, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney, opened Friday...
In this article: George Clooney, Leatherheads, The Men Who Stare at Goats, New Mexico, California, Ewan McGregor, Puerto Rico, Los Angeles, and Iraq
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New York Times | November 05, 2009
Movie Review 'The Men Who Stare at Goats': Mission Mind Control in Defense of America
...tough guy Steve Canyon. Instead Lyn has been drawn in crude if generally effective strokes by Mr. Clooney and his producing partner, Grant Heslov, who together also wrote "Good Night, and Good Luck. " Mr. Clooney directed that film, but for...
In this article: George Clooney, Stephen Lang, Jeff Bridges, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Goat, and Jon Ronson
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Chicago Tribune | November 05, 2009
'The Men Who Stare at Goats': wacky and whimsical
...like that, or even a Disney family film like "Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar," is going to be surprised. Instead, first-time director Grant Heslov has come up with something wackier and more whimsical, a quirky comedic drama about one of the...
In this article: George Clooney, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Goat, Jon Ronson, Ewan McGregor, Peter Straughan, and Kevin Spacey
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The Huffington Post | November 05, 2009
Marshall Fine: Interview: Grant Heslov talks about George Clooney and Goats
Read More: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jeff Bridges, Jon Ronson, Marshall Fine Interview, The Men Who Stare At Goats, Entertainment News No, Grant Heslov admits, he's never had a psychic episode himself - no premonitions...
In this article: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Goat, Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Jeff Bridges
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Grant Heslov (born May 15, 1963) is an American actor and Academy Award-nominated film producer and screenwriter. His acting credits include films like True Lies, Dante's Peak, Enemy of the State, The Scorpion King and Good Night, and Good Luck. and several credits in TV series (Family Ties, L.A. Law, Matlock, Sleeper Cell).
Heslov was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Palos Verdes High School, the University of Southern California (USC) along with friend Tate Donovan, and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
He was the Academy Award-nominated producer and screenwriter of Good Night, and Good Luck. Together with George Clooney, he was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Heslov also appears in the film as Don Hewitt, the director of the TV series See It Now, around which the movie is centered. On August 2006, he and George Clooney started a movie company, Smoke House.
Heslov is currently writing screenplays with his business partner George Clooney.
- Birth Date:
- May 15, 1963
- Birthplace:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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