Writer/Director Dan Gilroy came up with the idea for the film after he heard about a crime reporter in the 1930s who was the first to put a "police scanner" in his car, take photos of crime and accident scenes, and then sell them to the papers. "I thought it was a very interesting intersection between commerce and crime. Before I could do anything with it Joe Pesci made a film called The Public Eye" which effectively killed that specific idea. He moved to LA afterward and learned about the present-day "nightcrawlers" which became the basis for the story. Dan knew he wanted to direct the film after writing it, and as it would be his directorial debut he turned to his brother Tony for help. He sent the script to Tony who thought Dan wanted him to direct, and Tony reluctantly began convincing himself to do so as he was on a break from filmmaking, but a call to Dan cleared up the confusion and Tony happily supported his brother's move into directing

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