Matt Cook is a screenwriter, director, and producer of various studio and independent films and television. His work includes The Duel, Triple Nine, Patriot‘s Day, and the upcoming films The Informer and Angel Has Fallen to be released this fall. Both The Duel (previously known as By Way of Helena, 2010) and Triple Nine (2012) made the top 10 of The Black List. Cook broke into the industry in 2009 and has since written for Warner Bros, Fox, Sony, Universal, New Regency, DreamWorks, HBO, and CBS Films. He is currently developing/writing several projects, including features American Hero (Alex Gibney directing) and A Perfect Horse (Taylor Sheridan directing), and the television series War Lawyer (Carol Mendelsohn producing) for Sony. Cook served two combat tours in Iraq with the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry (Rakkasans) and has written several articles for Texas Monthly about his experiences. He also served as a correspondent in Afghanistan in 2012. He was raised in the tiny three stoplight town of Castroville, Texas, and attended the University of Texas at Austin.