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Gary Ross
Writer 69 years old

Gary Ross

Los Angeles, California, USA

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... Read full bio →

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10 titles
Ocean's Eight

Ocean's Eight

Gary Ross 2018 1h 51m 5.5

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

Gary Ross 2016 2h 20m 6.8

True Civil War era story about a white Southerner who falls for a slave and consequently rebels against the Confederacy.

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Gary Ross 2012 2h 22m 6.9

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen 2008 1h 33m 5.5

The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

Gary Ross 2003 2h 21m 5.8

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

Gary Ross 1998 2h 4m 7.6

Two 1990's teenagers find themselves in a 1950's sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.

Lassie

Lassie

Daniel Petrie 1994 1h 34m

An update of the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for everyone.

Dave

Dave

Ivan Reitman 1993 1h 50m 6.2

To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance, is put in his place.

Mr. Baseball

Mr. Baseball

Fred Schepisi 1992 1h 48m 5.0

Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.

Big

Big

Penny Marshall 1988 1h 44m 7.0

When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight.

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