Cast & creator
John Gatins
Best known for Real Steel, Real Steel, Kong: Skull Island
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.
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Filmography (41)
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Real Steel
Kingpin
2011Real Steel
Screenplay
2011
Kong: Skull Island
Story
2017
Need for Speed
Air Force Pilot
2014Need for Speed
Producer
2014Need for Speed
Story
2014
Coach Carter
Screenplay
2005
Power Rangers
Screenplay
2017
Flight
Writer
2012
Norbit
Attendant
2007
Meet Dave
Air Traffic Controller
2008
Big Fat Liar
Tow Truck Driver
2002
A Thousand Words
Valet
2012
Varsity Blues
Smiling Man
1999
Lying and Stealing
Aton
2019
The Shaggy Dog
Homeless Guy
2006
Summer Catch
Co-Producer
2001Summer Catch
Writer
2001
Impostor
Patient-Soldier
2001
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Director
2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Writer
2005
Leprechaun 3
Scott
1995
Gods and Monsters
Kid Saylor (uncredited)
1998
Hardball
Screenplay
2001
The Nines
John Gatins
2007
Ready to Rumble
Producer
2000
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Young Caspar Dixon
1995
Another Day in Paradise
Phil
1998
The Power of the Present
Self - Screenwriter (2017)
2017
Little Wing
Writer
2024Little Wing
Producer
2024
Witchboard 2
Russel
1993
FRED: The Movie
Car Wash Clerk #1
2010
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
Dishwasher
2011The Last Mrs. Parrish
Screenplay
Frances Ferguson
Warden
2019
Harmony and Me
Homeless Tom
2010
Breakfast with Einstein
Cop #1
1998
7 Chinese Brothers
Dinsmore
2015Fight for '84
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