John Gatins

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-04-16 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

John Gatins

Biography

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.

Acting

2007

The Nines

as John Gatins

1995

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

as Young Caspar Dixon

2011

Real Steel

as Kingpin

1995

Leprechaun 3

as Scott

1998

Gods and Monsters

as Kid Saylor (uncredited)

2008

Meet Dave

as Air Traffic Controller

2015

2010

Harmony and Me

as Homeless Tom

2012

2010

FRED: The Movie

as Car Wash Clerk #1

2019

2017

The Power of the Present

as Self - Screenwriter (2017)

2007

Norbit

as Attendant

2002

Big Fat Liar

as Tow Truck Driver

2014

Need for Speed

as Air Force Pilot

Production

2000

Ready to Rumble

as Producer

2001

Hardball

as Screenplay

2005

Coach Carter

as Screenplay

2011

Real Steel

as Screenplay

2014

Need for Speed

as Producer

2024

Little Wing

as Writer

2014

2012

Flight

as Writer

2024

Little Wing

as Producer

2017

Power Rangers

as Screenplay

2017

2001

Summer Catch

as Co-Producer

2001

Summer Catch

as Writer

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Fight for '84

as Writer

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