Brian Koppelman

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Rounders (1998); Billions.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Margin Call (2011): 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Billions, which they wrote: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.
    “margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Billions, which they wrote: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.
    “this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989): 1 line

  1. career (career) · them, directly: Sex, Lies, and Videotape ⇒ Brian Koppelman (the maker said so: Brian speaking about himself on the show). Seeing it sent Brian to independent movies and a new way of watching.
    “That what sent me to independent movies.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:23:23 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

She's Gotta Have It: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: She's Gotta Have It ⇒ Brian Koppelman (the maker said so: Brian speaking about himself on the show). No first film from this era influenced Brian more than She's Gotta Have It, but Spike Lee is just too old for the list.
    “there's no 1st film of someone around this generation that influenced me more than she's got to have it”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:34:40 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Writing (5) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Sex, Lies, and Videotape → Brian Koppelman. Seeing it sent Brian to independent movies and a new way of watching.
    “That what sent me to independent movies.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:23:23 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Brian Koppelman → Sean Fennessey. Brian says his list is his favorite five, not the best five, because he had not seen everything.
    “It's going to be my favorite 5 movies by these people”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:30:34 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): She's Gotta Have It → Brian Koppelman. No first film from this era influenced Brian more than She's Gotta Have It, but Spike Lee is just too old for the list.
    “there's no 1st film of someone around this generation that influenced me more than she's got to have it”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:34:40 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Steven Soderbergh → Brian Koppelman. Brian has worked with Soderbergh three times.
    “Yeah, 3 times.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:21:25 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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