Brian William Koppelman (born April 27, 1966) is an American television and film writer, producer and director.
Koppelman is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, a producer of films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director of films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions[2][3][4][5] and Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.
[16] Since then, Koppelman has worked on a dozen films, including having written Ocean's Thirteen and directed an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, This Is What They Want.
[18] Additionally, since March 2014, Koppelman has hosted a weekly podcast, "The Moment", on ESPN Radio.
Showtime's drama Billions, created by Koppelman with The New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and writing partner David Levien, and starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, premiered to strong reviews in 2016.
[23][24] Koppelman has been involved in several lawsuits regarding his work, namely Grosso v. Miramax Film Corp.,[25] Cayuga Nations v. Showtime Networks Inc.,[26] and Shull v.
[27] Both Grosso and Shull claimed that Koppelman stole their ideas and copyright work in his creation of Rounders and Billions respectively.
[31] His sister is Jennifer Koppelman Hutt, who hosts a Sirius Satellite Radio show called Just Jenny.