John Gatins
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John Gatins

Born 16 April 1968 · New York City, New York, USA
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gatins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Kong: Skull Island
Real Steel
Flight
Need for Speed
Power Rangers
Coach Carter
Norbit
Meet Dave
A Thousand Words
Big Fat Liar
The Shaggy Dog
Hardball
Little Wing
Frances Ferguson
Lying and Stealing
Power Rangers
Kong: Skull Island
7 Chinese Brothers
Need for Speed
A Thousand Words
Flight
Real Steel
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
Harmony and Me
FRED: The Movie
Meet Dave
The Nines
Norbit
The Shaggy Dog
Coach Carter
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Big Fat Liar
Impostor
Hardball
Summer Catch
Ready to Rumble
Varsity Blues
Breakfast with Einstein
Another Day in Paradise
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Leprechaun 3
Witchboard 2
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