Gary Ross

Gary Ross

1956-11-03 Los Angeles, California, USA 26 Credits

Biography

Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film Pleasantville (1998), the sports drama film Seabiscuit (2003), the dystopian action film The Hunger Games (2012), and the heist comedy film Ocean's 8 (2018). Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Gary Ross was born on November 3, 1956, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Gail and Arthur A. Ross, an Oscar-nominated screenwri...

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Late Night

Late Night

2019

Thanks

6.4

A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over di...

Ocean's Team 3.0

Ocean's Team 3.0

2018

as Self

8.0
Acting

Director Gary Ross and participants from the previous extras discuss the challenge of casting a film where group chemistry is even more important than...

Ocean's Eight

Ocean's Eight

2018

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.0
Directing Writing

Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.

Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

2016

Writer, Director, Producer

6.8
Writing Directing Producing

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than figh...

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

2012

as Self - Screenwriter

8.2
Acting

A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and ma...

The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

2012

as Self

4.0
Acting

Donald Sutherland talks about how moved he was by the script, which reminded him of Kubrick's Paths of Glory, his role as a repressive leader, and he ...

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

2012

Screenplay, Director

7.2
Writing Directing

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to comp...

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

2010

as Self

Acting

Interviews analyzing and looking back at the making of, and the impact made by, of one of the greatest epic films ever produced.

The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

2008

Producer, Screenplay

6.1
Producing Writing

Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. ...

Dreams on Spec

Dreams on Spec

2007

as Self

5.6
Acting

"Dreams on Spec" takes an intimate look at how far people will go - and how much they will sacrifice - for the chance to pursue their dreams. This fea...

Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

2004

Thanks

6.6

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried t...

The True Story of Seabiscuit

2003

as Self

Acting

The true story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their na...

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

2003

as Pimlico Track Announcer

7.1
Acting

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation...

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

2003

Producer, Screenplay, Director

7.1
Producing Writing Directing

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation...

Pleasantville

Pleasantville

1998

Screenplay, Director, Producer

7.3
Writing Directing Producing

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and...

Trial and Error

Trial and Error

1997

Producer

5.4
Producing

An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.

The Misery Brothers

The Misery Brothers

1995

as Redwood Stump

2.0
Acting

Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

Lassie

Lassie

1994

Writer

6.1
Writing

On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life o...

Dave

Dave

1993

as Policeman #2

6.7
Acting

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...

Dave

Dave

1993

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...

Mr. Baseball

Mr. Baseball

1992

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one ...

Big

Big

1988

Screenplay, Co-Producer

7.2
Writing Producing

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grow...

Desert Warrior

N/A

Writer

Writing

An honorable and mysterious rogue, known as Hanzala, makes himself an enemy of the Emperor Kisra after he helps a fugitive king and princess in the de...

Old Time Hockey

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Set in Pennsylvania, Old Time Hockey will revolve around a longstanding rivalry amongst high school hockey players that began in the 1990s but then ge...

Will

N/A

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

An ordinary man lives in a world where free will doesn't exit. The lives and destinies of every human being are scripted by scribes in Heaven. One day...

Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

Set during the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix, the film follows the couple as they teach their children how to steal from the rich.