John Gatins

John Gatins (57)

1968-04-16 | New York City, New York, USA

John Gatins (born April 16, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor. For writing the drama film Flight (2012), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Gatins made his directorial feature debut by filming his screenplay for Dreamer (2005). He also wrote or co-wrote Coach Carter (2005), Real Steel (2011), Kong: Skull Island, and Power Rangers (2017). As an actor, he has collaborated three times with Eddie Murphy on Norbit (2007), Meet Dave (2008), and A Thousand Words (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gatins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On Movies

  • Lying and Stealing
  • Frances Ferguson
  • 7 Chinese Brothers
  • Need for Speed
  • A Thousand Words
  • Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
  • Real Steel
  • FRED: The Movie
  • Harmony and Me
  • Meet Dave
  • Norbit
  • The Nines
  • Big Fat Liar
  • Another Day in Paradise
  • Gods and Monsters
  • Breakfast with Einstein
  • Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
  • Leprechaun 3
  • Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway

Movies as Director

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