 Amini also wrote the screenplay for the neo-noir film "Drive" (2011), directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.His screenplay for the film is a loose adaptation of the novel of the same name by James Sallis.During interviews, Refn noted that he and Amini cut out a lot of the content from Sallis' book, resulting in the almost bare bones structure for the film, and the few lines of dialogue for the film's star, Ryan Gosling.