Birth Name: Daniel Christopher Gilroy
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 24, 1959
Ethnicity:
*25% Irish
*12.5% Italian
*12.5% German
*50% Slovak
Family Background: Dan Gilroy is an American screenwriter and film director. He directed Nightcrawler (2014).
Dan is the son of Ruth Dorothy (Gaydos),and his siblings are Tony Gilroy and John Gilroy.
Dan’s paternal grandparents were Frank B. Gilroy (the daughter of Hugh Joseph Gilroy and Hannah McCarty) and Bettina Vasti (the daughter of Tony Vasti and Augusta Bachmann). Hugh was born in West, Sligo, Ireland. Hannah was born in Cork, Ireland. Tony was of Italian descent. Augusta was of German origin, the daughter of Ferdinand Bachmann and Millida Zigler.
Dan’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Gaydos and Mary. Joseph and Mary were ethnic Slovak immigrants.
Dan was married to Rene Russo, with whom has a daughter.
Sources: Genealogy of Tony’s father – http://www.ancestry.com
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