Writer
John Gatins
- Born April 16, 1968 in 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).
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Known for
Kong: Skull Island2017
Real Steel2011
Flight2012
Need for Speed2014
Power Rangers2017
Coach Carter2005
Norbit2007
Meet Dave2008
Filmography
- TBAFight for '84FilmWriter
- TBAThe Last Mrs. ParrishFilmScreenplay
- 2024Little WingFilmWriter, Producer
- 2019Lying and StealingFilmAton
- 2019Frances FergusonFilmWarden
- 2017Kong: Skull IslandFilmStory
- 2017Power RangersFilmScreenplay
- 2017The Power of the PresentFilmSelf - Screenwriter (2017)
- 20157 Chinese BrothersFilmDinsmore
- 2014Need for SpeedFilmAir Force Pilot, Producer, Story
- 2014The Leprechaun ChroniclesFilm
- 2012FlightFilmWriter
- 2012A Thousand WordsFilmValet
- 2011Real SteelFilmKingpin, Screenplay
- 2011Fred 2: Night of the Living FredFilmDishwasher
- 2010FRED: The MovieFilmCar Wash Clerk #1
- 2010Harmony and MeFilmHomeless Tom
- 2008Meet DaveFilmAir Traffic Controller
- 2007NorbitFilmAttendant
- 2007The NinesFilmJohn Gatins
- 2006The Shaggy DogFilmHomeless Guy
- 2005Coach CarterFilmScreenplay
- 2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True StoryFilmWriter, Director
- 2002Big Fat LiarFilmTow Truck Driver
- 2001HardballFilmScreenplay
- 2001ImpostorFilmPatient-Soldier
- 2001Summer CatchFilmWriter, Co-Producer
- 2000Ready to RumbleFilmProducer
- 1999Varsity BluesFilmSmiling Man
- 1998Gods and MonstersFilmKid Saylor (uncredited)
- 1998Another Day in ParadiseFilmPhil
- 1998Breakfast with EinsteinFilmCop #1
- 1995Leprechaun 3FilmScott
- 1995Pumpkinhead II: Blood WingsFilmYoung Caspar Dixon
- 1993Witchboard 2FilmRussel