Henry Alan Gilroy is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Early life From an early age, Gilroy loved comic books and animation which inspired him to study film at several colleges in the greater Los Angeles area.

Career His first job at a Hollywood studio was working as an editor for Warner Bros.' animation department working Steven Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures. It was at Warner Bros. that Gilroy sold his first script to the producers of the Emmy winning Batman: The Animated Series, for the Scarecrow episode, "Nothing to Fear". After a staff writer gig on the WB's Tazmanian Devil animated series, Tazmania, Gilroy moved on to work on The Tick animated series before taking a staff job at Disney Television Animation for several years where he worked on such series as Timon & Pumbaa, Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! before being chosen to develop and write the Star Wars: The Clone Wars CG animated series for Lucasfilm Animation with creator George Lucas and director Dave Filoni. He served as head writer for season one and part of season two, penning several episodes, including the first stories featuring fan favorite character Ahsoka Tano, among others. He is also the author of several Star Wars comic books.

Leaving Lucasfilm, Gilroy spent two years at Hasbro Studios, where he developed and led the writing on two other animated series, G.I. Joe: Renegades and Kaijudo, and then moved on to Marvel Animation Studios where he acted as supervising producer and head writer on Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Ultimate Spider-Man as well as penning two CG Marvel Heroes United films featuring team-ups with Iron Man & the Hulk and Iron Man & Captain America. Upon finishing series work on Hulk and Ultimate Spider-man, Gilroy teamed with frequent collaborator, Marty Isenberg to develop and co-write the pilot for The Guardians of the Galaxy animated series.

Gilroy is co-creator of the first Bionicle trilogy and has since written for numerous other animated series, such as The Mask, Justice League Unlimited, The 99, Kim Possible, and the direct-to-video Disney movie title Atlantis: Milo's Return and the Funimation anime film Mass Effect: Paragon Lost based on the hit video game for Electronic Arts and BioWare.

Gilroy wrote the four-issue Joker/Mask comic book which was collected by Dark Horse/DC Comics in 2001. He also wrote the Dark Horse Alien one-shot comic books, Aliens: Herk Mondo and Aliens: Mondo Heat in collaboration with artist and Pixar director Ronnie del Carmen.

In 2014, Gilroy returned to Lucasfilm under Disney studios to serve as co-executive producer and series writer of Star Wars Rebels where he wrote seventeen episodes through 2018. Gilroy received two Emmy nominations for his work and won two Saturn Awards respectively.

In 2019, Gilroy was selected as the showrunner/head writer for an animated Magic: The Gathering TV show for Netflix with the Russo brothers.

In 2020, Gilroy began working on DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms, an animated television series for DreamWorks Animation.

Television and film credits

Television Year Title Credit(s) Notes 1992Batman: The Animated SeriesEpisode: "Nothing to Fear" 19932 Stupid DogsSegment: "Space Dogs" 1994The TickEpisodes: "The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold", "The Tick vs. The Proto-Clown" 1994Taz-Mania 1994The Baby Huey ShowEpisodes: "A Dog Days Night?", "Duck Huey Duck", "Superhero Huey" 1995The Mask: Animated SeriesEpisodes: "Sister Mask", "Double Reverse", "All Hallow's Eve", "Mystery Cruise" 1995 Earthworm JimEpisode: "Trout!" 1995–1996The Savage DragonEpisodes: "Possession", "She-Dragon", "Armageddon", "Ceasefire", "Femme Fatale" 1996The Mouse and the MonsterEpisodes: "A Mouse, a Monster & a Baby", "H.M.O. Mo", "Sleep Tight" 1997The Wacky World of Tex AveryEpisode: "Rodeo, Rodeo, Where for Art Thou Rodeo?" 1998All Dogs Go to Heaven: The SeriesEpisode: "History of All Dogs" 1999Timon & PumbaaEpisodes: "Lemonade Stand Off", "Super Hog-O", "Don't Have the Vegas Idea", "Don't Wake the Neighbear", "Timoncchio" 1999Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd CenturyEpisode: "The Adventure of the Deranged Detective" 2001Jackie Chan AdventuresEpisode: "Origami" 2002Teamo SupremoEpisodes: "Grounded!", "Capitol Offense!", "Running the Gauntlet!", "Enter Dr. 'Droid!" 2002House of MouseEpisodes: "The Three Caballeros", "Rent Day", "Donald's Pumbaa Prank", "Pluto Saves the Day", "The Mouse Who Came to Dinner", "Max's New Car", "Donald and the Aracuan Bird", "Donald Wants to Fly", "House of Turkey", "Pete's House of Villains", "Halloween with Hades", "House of Genius" 2003Lilo & Stitch: The SeriesEpisodes: "Phantasmo", "Yin-Yang", "Splodyhead", "627", "Slushy", "Short Stuff", "Bonnie & Clyde" 2004Justice League UnlimitedEpisode: "Kids' Stuff" 2006Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!Episodes: "Chiro's Girl", "The Sun Riders", "Skeleton King", "Shadow Over Shuggazoom", "Snowbound", "The Skeleton King Threat", "I, Chiro", "The Savage Lands", "Brother in Arms" 2007Kim PossibleEpisode: "The Mentor of Our Discontent" 2008–2010Star Wars: The Clone WarsEpisodes: "Duel of the Droids", "Bombad Jedi", "Lair of Grevious", "Storm Over Ryloth", "Innocents of Ryloth", "Liberty on Ryloth", "Children of the Force", "Kidnapped", "Slaves of the Republic", "Escape from Kadavo" 2008-09Transformers: AnimatedEpisodes: "Sound and Fury", "Human Error" (Part 1) 2009The Secret SaturdaysEpisode: "Curse of the Stolen Roger" 2010–2011G.I. Joe: RenegadesEpisode: "The Descent (Parts 1 & 2)" 2012Iron Man: Armored AdventuresEpisode: "Mandarin's Quest" 2012Action Dad 2012Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel MastersEpisodes: "The Natural", "Like Father, Like Son", "The Rising (Parts 1 & 2)" 2012Voltron ForceEpisode: "I, Voltron" 2013–2015Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.Episodes: "Hulk Busted", "Into the Negative Zone", "Deathlok", "Planet Leader (Part 2)", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Spidey, I Blew up the Dinosaur", "Wheels of Fury" 2014Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesEpisodes: "Plan 10", "Clash of the Mutanimals", "Kagayake! Kintaro" 2014-16Ultimate Spider-ManEpisodes: "The Vulture", "Return to the Spider-Verse, Part 3", "Strange Little Halloween" 2014–2018Star Wars RebelsEpisodes: "Rise of the Old Masters", "Empire Day", "Vision of Hope", "Rebel Resolve", "The Siege of Lothal", "Legacy", "The Protector of Concord Dawn", "Shroud of Darkness", "The Holocrons of Fate", "Through Imperial Eyes", "Twin Suns", "Zero Hour", "Heroes of Mandalore", "Kindred", "Jedi Night", "A Fool's Hope", Short: "Entanglement" 2017-19Avengers AssembleEpisodes: "The Sleeper Awakens", "The Most Dangerous Hunt", "House of M" 2017-19Guardians of the GalaxyEpisodes: "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Knights in Black Helmets", "It's Tricky", "Gotta Get Outta This Place", "Holding Out for a Hero" 2021–2023DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms

Film Year Title Credit(s) Notes 2002Mickey's House of Villains 2003Atlantis: Milo’s Return 2003Bionicle: Mask of Light 2004Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui 2005Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows 2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2012Mass Effect: Paragon Lost 2013–2014Heroes United

References

External links

Star Wars: Clone Wars Interview with Henry Gilroy . GalacticBinder. Retrieved on October 30, 2008.