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John Gatins is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 16 april 1968 at Manhattan (USA)
John Gatins (born April 16, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor. He is credited with writing and directing Dreamer and writing Coach Carter, Real Steel, and Flight, among others.
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John Gatins se rend ensuite à Los Angeles dans l'espoir d'y poursuivre une carrière d'acteur. Il décroche son premier rôle en 1993 dans le film d'horreur Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway, suivi de Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings en 1994. Il commence ensuite à apparaître dans des projets plus importants, comme American Boys en 1999, première d'une longue collaboration avec le réalisateur Brian Robbins.
En 2001, il signe son premier scénario avec la comédie dramatique Hot Summer de Michael Tollin, avec Freddie Prinze Jr. et Jessica Biel et produit par Brian Robbins. Brian Robbins met en suite en scène le second scénario de John Gatins la même année : Hardball. En 2005, il écrit Coach Carter dans lequel Samuel L. Jackson interprète Ken Carter. Cette même année, il réalise son premier long-métrage, Dreamer, inspiré de l'histoire vraie de la jument Mariah's Storm.
En 2012, Robert Zemeckis réalise Flight d'après un scénario qu'il a imaginé dès 1999, alors qu'il était conseiller technique sur le tournage d'un film de guerre. Toujours entouré d'anciens pilotes de l'armée de l'air, il se demandait alors la vie de ces pilotes, une fois qu'ils étaient revenus sur terre. Pour ce film, il est nommé à l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original lors des Oscars 2013.
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John Gatins nait dans le borough de Manhattan à New York. Son père était policier au sein du New York City Police Department. Sa famille déménage ensuite à Poughkeepsie dans le comté de Dutchess où il fréquente le Vassar College duquel il sort diplômé.Carrière
John Gatins se rend ensuite à Los Angeles dans l'espoir d'y poursuivre une carrière d'acteur. Il décroche son premier rôle en 1993 dans le film d'horreur Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway, suivi de Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings en 1994. Il commence ensuite à apparaître dans des projets plus importants, comme American Boys en 1999, première d'une longue collaboration avec le réalisateur Brian Robbins.
En 2001, il signe son premier scénario avec la comédie dramatique Hot Summer de Michael Tollin, avec Freddie Prinze Jr. et Jessica Biel et produit par Brian Robbins. Brian Robbins met en suite en scène le second scénario de John Gatins la même année : Hardball. En 2005, il écrit Coach Carter dans lequel Samuel L. Jackson interprète Ken Carter. Cette même année, il réalise son premier long-métrage, Dreamer, inspiré de l'histoire vraie de la jument Mariah's Storm.
En 2012, Robert Zemeckis réalise Flight d'après un scénario qu'il a imaginé dès 1999, alors qu'il était conseiller technique sur le tournage d'un film de guerre. Toujours entouré d'anciens pilotes de l'armée de l'air, il se demandait alors la vie de ces pilotes, une fois qu'ils étaient revenus sur terre. Pour ce film, il est nommé à l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original lors des Oscars 2013.
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7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
, 1h15Directed by Bob Byington
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jason Schwartzman, Stephen Root, Olympia Dukakis, Jonathan Togo, Alex Karpovsky, Tunde Adebimpe
Roles Dinsmore
Rating56%
In this quirky comedy, Larry (Jason Schwartzman) along with his trusty sidekick french bulldog Arrow (Schwartzman's real life pet), goes through life as a misanthropic outcast looking for work and a purpose in life.
Need for Speed (2014)
, 2h10Directed by Scott Waugh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Films about video games, Road movies, Films based on video games, Chase films
Actors Aaron Paul, Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Rami Malek, Ramón Rodríguez
Roles Air Force Pilot
Rating64%
Tobey Marshall is a former race car driver who owns a Mount Kisco, New York garage, where he and his friends tune performance cars. Struggling to make ends meet, he and his crew participate in street races after hours. One day, Dino Brewster, Tobey's former rival, arrives at his garage in a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren with an offer to complete the build of a rare Ford Shelby Mustang worked on by the late Carroll Shelby. Dino wants Tobey and his crew to complete the project in exchange for 25% of the car's estimated selling price of $2 million. Despite objections from the crew, Tobey agrees to the deal.
A Thousand Words (2012)
, 1h27Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Eddie Murphy, Clark Duke, Ariel Winter, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Allison Janney
Roles Valet
Rating58%
Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) is a literary agent who uses his 'gift of gab' to get various book deals, and he's not afraid to stretch the truth to get them. While he is trying to get a book deal from a New Age self-help guru named Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis), the guru sees through his deceit and agrees to the deal, only to later deliver a five-page book. That night, a Bodhi Tree magically appears in his backyard. Dr. Sinja goes to Jack's house and they both discover that for every word that Jack says, a leaf will fall off of the tree. When the tree runs out of leaves, the tree will die, as will Jack. In time, he finds that even written words count towards his limit; plus anything that happens to the tree will also affect Jack. When Jack tries to cut it down with an axe, an axe wound appears on him. When squirrels climb the tree, it tickles him. When a gardener tries to poison it with DDT, Jack gets high on the fumes and when the gardener tries to water the tree, Jack starts to sweat/perspire profusely.
Real Steel (2011)
, 2h7Directed by Shawn Levy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Themes Sports films, Films set in the future, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, Robot films
Actors Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis
Roles Kingpin
Rating70%
In 2020, human boxers are replaced by robots. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), a former boxer, owns "Ambush", but loses it in an arranged fight against a bull belonging to promoter and carnival owner, Ricky (Kevin Durand), who sees Charlie as a joke, partially because he beat Charlie up the last time they competed in the ring. Having made a bet that Ambush would win, Charlie now has a debt to Ricky—which he runs out on.
FRED: The Movie (2010)
, 1h23Directed by Brian Robbins, Lucas Cruikshank, Clay Weiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Lucas Cruikshank, Jennette McCurdy, Pixie Lott, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Jake Weary, Oscar Nuñez
Roles Car Wash Clerk #1
Rating20%
Fred Figglehorn, an unpopular, hyperactive and puerile 15-year-old who wears childish dungarees and striped t-shirts, believes himself to be cool and a good singer. He is in unrequited love with a girl named Judy, and is devastated to see her performing a romantic duet with his rival Kevin during a music class. Following this, Fred aspires to one day sing his own duet with Judy. After an attempt to dig his way to her house in order to avoid harassment by Kevin, Fred discovers that she has moved. Thus, Fred embarks on a journey to find Judy's new house and sing with her there.
Meet Dave (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Scott Caan, Judah Friedlander
Roles Air Traffic Controller
Rating51%
In his New York City apartment, a young boy named Josh Morrison (Austyn Lind Myers) stares through his telescope at an object falling from the sky. It is a golf-ball-sized metal ball which flies through the window and lands in his fishbowl, quickly draining the water along with the goldfish. He decides to show it at his school's science class presentation.
The Nines (2007)
, 1h40Directed by John August
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning, David Denman, Octavia Spencer
Roles John Gatins
Rating61%
Part One The Prisoner
Norbit (2007)
, 1h42Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about disabilities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Thandie Newton, Terry Crews, Cuba Gooding Jr., Khamani Griffin, Eddie Murphy, Clifton Powell
Roles Attendant
Rating42%
Norbit Albert Rice (Eddie Murphy) and Kate Thomas (Thandie Newton) are best friends as children at a combination Chinese restaurant and orphanage owned by their father figure, Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy), but are separated when Kate gets adopted. While being bullied by twins on a playground one day, Norbit is saved by a tough, overweight girl named Rasputia Latimore (Eddie Murphy) who scares him into being her boyfriend. Though at first she genuinely likes Norbit and cares about him, going as far as intimidating other kids into letting Norbit play with them – Rasputia's kindness deteriorates as she grows up to be an ignorant, arrogant, vindictive, and mean-spirited woman. She eventually pressures Norbit into marrying her, and bullies, insults, and controls him to make sure that she keeps him all to herself. Norbit is also belittled by Rasputia's older brothers, Big Black Jack (Terry Crews), Blue (Lester 'Rasta' Speight), and Earl (Clifton Powell), working as a bookkeeper at their local construction company. The Latimore brothers also run a "security business" and instill fear in everyone in the town except Mr. Wong, who refuses to sell his establishment to them.
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
, 1h38Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Spencer Breslin, Jane Curtin
Roles un sans-abri
Rating44%
Dave Douglas (Tim Allen) is a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County who is prosecuting social studies teacher and activist Justin Forrester (Joshua Leonard) for firebombing the pharmaceutical corporation Grant and Strictland. Forrester denies this, but claims that Grant and Strictland has been engaging in illegal animal experimentation. This distances Douglas from his daughter Carly (Zena Grey), one of Forrester's students.
Big Fat Liar (2002)
, 1h28Directed by Shawn Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors
Roles Tow Truck Driver
Rating55%
Jason Shepherd is a 14-year-old chronic liar living in the fictional town of Greenbury, Michigan who is constantly deceiving and misleading his way out of trouble. Jason tries to get out of writing his 1000 word essay by making up a lie, but he gets caught by his English teacher, Ms. Phyllis Caldwell, who alerts his parents, Harry and Carol Shepherd. Jason is given three hours to submit his paper, otherwise he will fail English and go to summer school. In a rush to turn in his paper, Jason accidentally forgets his report in the limousine of Marty Wolf, who gave him a ride to the community college to turn in his paper after Jason is hit by the limo. Wolf initially attempts to give the essay back to Jason, but when Wolf sees that Jason's story is excellent, it inspires him, and he decides to keep it for himself.
Impostor (2001)
, 1h38Directed by Gary Fleder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Guinee, Mekhi Phifer
Roles un patient soldat
Rating61%
The movie takes place in the year 2079. Forty-five years earlier, Earth was attacked by a hostile and implacable alien civilization from Alpha Centauri. Force shield domes are put in place to protect cities, and a totalitarian global military government is established to effect the war and the survival of humans. The Centaurians have never been physically seen.
Varsity Blues (1999)
, 1h46Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, American football films, Musical films
Actors James Van Der Beek, Amy Smart, Paul Walker, Ali Larter, Jon Voight, Thomas F. Duffy
Roles l'homme qui sourit
Rating64%
Jonathan "Mox" Moxon (James Van Der Beek) is an intelligent and academically gifted backup quarterback for the West Canaan High School football team. Despite his relative popularity at school, easy friendships with other players, and smart and sassy girlfriend Jules Harbor (Amy Smart), Mox is dissatisfied with his life. He wants to leave Texas to go to school at Brown University. He is constantly at odds with his football-obsessed father (Thomas F. Duffy) and dreads playing it under legendary coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight), a verbally abusive, controlling authority who believes in winning "at all costs". He has a strong track record as coach, remarking in a speech that "in my thirty years of coaching at West Canaan, I have brought two state titles, and 22 district championships!" His philosophy finally takes its toll on Coyotes' quarterback, Lance Harbor (Paul Walker), Mox's best friend and Jules' brother. Lance is manipulated into taking anesthetic shots into an injured knee that finally succumbs to failure and results in even greater injury during gameplay. He is rushed to the hospital, where doctors are appalled at the massive amount of scar tissue found under his knee.
Gods and Monsters (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Bill Condon
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Frankenstein films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Arthur Dignam, Jack Plotnick, Lolita Davidovich
Roles Kid Saylor (uncredited)
Rating72%
The story opens in the 1950s, after the Korean War; it has been more than a decade since James Whale, director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, has retired. He lives with his long-time housemaid, Hanna, who loyally cares for him but disapproves of his homosexuality. Whale has suffered a series of strokes that have left him fragile and tormented by memories: growing up as a poor outcast, his tragic World War I service, and the filming of The Bride of Frankenstein. Whale slips into his past, and indulges in his fantasies, reminiscing about gay pool parties and also sexually teasing an embarrassed, starstruck fan who comes to interview him. Whale battles depression, at times contemplating suicide, as he realizes his life, his attractiveness, and his health are slipping away.
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
, 1h41Directed by Larry Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Road movies
Actors James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Peter Sarsgaard, James Otis
Roles Phil
Rating64%
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995)
, 1h28Directed by Jeff Burr
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Andrew Robinson, Ami Dolenz, Soleil Moon Frye, Hill Harper, J. Trevor Edmond, Alexander Polinsky
Roles Young Caspar Dixon
Rating46%
In 1958 in Ferren Woods, a small backwater town, an old blind witch, Ms. Osie, feeds a deformed orphan named Tommy; he is the offspring of Pumpkinhead. As Tommy eats, a car of six teens pull up and notice him. Convinced that he is some demonic monster, they chase him with switchblade knives and baseball bats; eventually, they corner him at an old iron mine, where they bludgeon him and drop him down into the mine, killing him.