The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel.

In 2009 Gilroy wrote and directed the romantic comedy spy film Duplicity starring Clive Owen Julia Roberts and Tom Wilkinson. Abrams and Shane Salerno) (1998) (Co-writer)
Bait (with Andrew Scheinman and Adam Scheinman) (2000) (Co-Writer)
Proof of Life (2000) (writer/executive producer)
The Bourne Identity (with W. Gilroy is set along with The Bourne Ultimatum co-screenwriter Scott Z.

He has been nominated for Academy Awards for his direction and script for Michael Clayton starring George Clooney. He wrote the screenplays for the Bourne series starring Matt Damon among other successful films and directed the fourth film of the franchise.