Jordan Belfort

Made films the shows talk about.

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: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

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.

Boiler Room (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they wrote: Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story.
    “Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Francis Bacon: 1 line

  1. unmapped (painting reference) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they wrote: Francis Bacon ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Bacchanal tableaux reference the Last Supper and Francis Bacon.
    “Sometimes it's the last supper. Sometimes it's Francis Bacon and like the disgusting nature of the human soul.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 1 line

  1. industry (financing / star power) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they wrote: Leonardo DiCaprio ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Paradise Lost (Milton): 1 line

  1. theme (literary echo) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they wrote: Paradise Lost (Milton) ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Belfort descending into hell as the lights change reads as Paradise Lost.
    “Yeah, that's the Paradise Lost, you know, yeah.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

One Battle After Another (2025): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence / humor) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they wrote: The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read). Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA.
    “Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (1) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jordan Belfort: Belfort breaks character twice: the secretary who married a broker whose suicide follows, and Brad's death at 35, compared to Mozart.
    “And then he compares him to Mozart and he says, I don't know why that popped into my head.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:09:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)