Brian Koppelman

Brian William Koppelman is an American filmmaker, essayist, podcaster, former music business executive and record producer. Koppelman is the cowriter of Oceans Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, and the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of theirforseries.

Koppelman was born in 1966 in Roslyn Harbor to a Jewish family, the son of Brenda Bunny and Charles Koppelman. His father was a producer and media executive. Koppelman holds degrees from Tufts University and Fordham University School of Law.

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