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Gary Ross | |
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| Born | (1956-11-03)November 3, 1956 (age 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse | Claudia Solti |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Arthur A. Ross |
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 filmPleasantville (1998), the sports drama filmSeabiscuit (2003), the dystopian action filmThe Hunger Games (2012), and the heist comedy filmOcean's 8 (2018). Ross has been nominated for fourAcademy Awards.
Gary Ross was born on November 3, 1956,[1] inLos Angeles, California,[2] the son of Gail andArthur A. Ross, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (Brubaker).[3] His family isJewish.[4]
He attended (though did not graduate from) theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
Ross worked as a fisherman, worked onTed Kennedy's 1980 Presidential campaign, consulted on bothMichael Dukakis 1988 presidential campaign's andBill Clinton's presidential campaigns, and wrote a novel before being hired to write screenplays forParamount Pictures.[5][citation needed]
Big was his first produced screenplay. Co-written withAnne Spielberg (sister ofSteven), it led to anAcademy Award nomination and aWriters Guild of America Award.[citation needed] He went on to write several other successful films, includingDave in 1993.[citation needed] In 1998, he wrote and directedPleasantville, and in 2003, he wrote, directed and producedSeabiscuit, based onSeabiscuit: An American Legend byLaura Hillenbrand. The film earned sevenAcademy Award nominations.[citation needed]
Ross took on the high-profile project of co-adapting and directingthe film adaptation of the first book inSuzanne Collins'sHunger Games trilogy. The film was released on March 23, 2012, and earned $672.8 million worldwide. Although the film was financially and critically successful, Ross opted to not adapt or direct the sequels, citing the rushed production schedule (particularly for both writing and directing) as his main reason.[6]
Ross also wrote and produced the animated featureThe Tale of Despereaux, based on theNewbery Medal-winning children's book byKate DiCamillo.[citation needed] His first book,Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind, was published byCandlewick Press in 2012. A children's book, it is written completely in verse.[citation needed]
His next two films as a director and writer were theperiod dramaFree State of Jones (2016) and theheist filmOcean's 8 (2018).[citation needed]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 1986 | The Hitchhiker | No | Yes | No | Television series (episode: "Man of Her Dreams") |
| 1988 | Big | No | Yes | Co-producer | |
| 1992 | Mr. Baseball | No | Yes | No | |
| 1993 | Dave | No | Yes | No | |
| 1994 | Lassie | No | Yes | No | |
| 1995 | The Misery Brothers | No | No | No | Actor - Redwood Stump |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | No | No | Yes | |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Yes | Yes | Yes | Directorial Debut |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | Free State of Jones | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2018 | Ocean's 8 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2025 | Desert Warrior | No | Yes | No |
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