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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Late Night
2019
Thanks
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
2018
as Self
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
2018
Director, Screenplay, Story
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
2016
Writer, Director, Producer
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
2012
as Self - Screenwriter
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
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
2012
Screenplay, Director
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
2010
as Self
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
2008
Producer, Screenplay
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
2007
as Self
"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
2004
Thanks
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
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
2003
as Pimlico Track Announcer
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
2003
Producer, Screenplay, Director
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
1998
Screenplay, Director, Producer
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
1997
Producer
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.

The Misery Brothers
1995
as Redwood Stump
Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

Lassie
1994
Writer
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
1993
as Policeman #2
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
1993
Screenplay
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
1992
Screenplay
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
1988
Screenplay, Co-Producer
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
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
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
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
Set during the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix, the film follows the couple as they teach their children how to steal from the rich.