Person · Director, actor, screenwriter and producer · Active since 1993
John Gatins
b. 1968, Manhattan
American director, actor, screenwriter and producer, born in Manhattan. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Wrote 10 films on this site, including Kong: Skull Island (2017), Flight (2012) and Real Steel (2011).
Gatins made his directorial feature debut by filming his screenplay for Dreamer (2005), and also wrote or co-wrote Coach Carter (2005), Real Steel (2011), Kong: Skull Island and Power Rangers (2017).
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Robbins returned in 2000 to direct Gatins's second screenplay, a dramedy called Hardball.
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Regulars
- 6Brian Robbinsdirected 6 of 14 films
- 4Michael Tollinproduced 4 of 14 films
- 3Ned Bastilleedited 3 of 14 films
Films in this guide
Best known
- Kong: Skull Island 2017screenwriter
- Flight 2012screenwriter
- Real Steel 2011screenwriter
- Need for Speed 2014screenwriter, producer
- Power Rangers 2017screenwriter
- Coach Carter 2005screenwriter
1990s
2000s
- Hardball (2001)screenwriter
- Summer Catch (2001)screenwriter
- Coach Carter (2005)screenwriter
- Dreamer (2005)director, screenwriter
- The Nines (2007)actor
2010s
- Real Steel (2011)screenwriter
- A Thousand Words (2012)actor
- Flight (2012)screenwriter
- Need for Speed (2014)screenwriter, producer
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)screenwriter
- Power Rangers (2017)screenwriter
2020s
- Little Wing (2024)screenwriter, producer