Biography
Gavin O'Connor (born December 24, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, and actor. He is best known for directing the films Miracle (2004), Warrior (2011), The Accountant (2016), and The Way Back (2020).
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Accountant²
2025
Director, Executive Producer
When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estrange...
The Way Back
2020
Producer, Director
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by b...
The Accountant
2016
Director, Executive Producer
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Jane Got a Gun
2015
Director
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in ove...
Brothers
2015
Original Story
David and Monty, estranged half-brothers, train in mixed martial arts to earn a livelihood. However, things change when the two are forced to compete ...
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011
The cast and crew of the 2011 film 'Warrior' discuss the movie making process and the themes explored in the film.
Warrior
2011
as J. J. Riley (uncredited)
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a pa...
Warrior
2011
Screenplay, Story, Director
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a pa...
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
2009
as Self
Documentary about the chaotic film shooting of "Pride and Glory"
Pride and Glory
2008
Director, Screenplay, Story
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a ...
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
Executive Producer
A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.
Miracle
2004
Director
When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, he brings a unique and brash style to the ice. After assembli...
The Smashing Machine
2002
Executive Producer
An unflinching look at the life and story of Mark Kerr between 1999 and 2001, an intelligent, articulate, and emotionally vulnerable athlete, consider...
The Slaughter Rule
2002
Producer
A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.
The Glass House
2001
as Whitey
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Mali...
Tumbleweeds
1999
as Jack Ranson
Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine ...
Tumbleweeds
1999
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine ...
Comfortably Numb
1995
Director, Writer, Producer
A clean-cut young lawyer meets a beautiful prostitute who drags him into a decadent dead-end world of sex and corruption.
The Bet
1992
Writer
Harry and Henry Hicks are partners in the deli they've inherited from their old man. But, younger brother Harry has a gambling problem and its gotten ...
My War Gone By, I Miss It So
N/A
Producer, Director
The film is based on the 1999 book of the same name by Anthony Lloyd.
Atlantic Wall
N/A
Director
An American soldier is trapped behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Wet Under Blue Sky
N/A
Executive Producer
A fading boxing champion fights to hold onto his legacy, his family, and his sanity — until the hardest punch comes from within.