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Gary Ross is an American writer, director and actor born November 3rd, 1956 in Castro Valley, California. His father was screenwriter Arthur A. Ross (1920 - 2008). After writing for television series The Hitchhiker in 1986, Ross broke through by penning the Tom Hanks hit Big, his first screenplay to be made into a feature film... See full bio »

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???? The Free State of Jones (announced)
 
2012 The Hunger Games (screenplay)
 
2008 The Tale of Despereaux (writer)
 
2003 Seabiscuit (screenplay)
 
1998 Pleasantville (written by)
 
1994 Lassie (written by)
 
1993 Dave (written by)
 
1992 Mr. Baseball (screenplay)
 
1988 Big (written by)
 
1986 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
– Man of Her Dreams (1986) (teleplay)
 
Show ShowProducer (6 titles)
???? The Free State of Jones (producer) (announced)
 
2008 The Tale of Despereaux (producer)
 
2003 Seabiscuit (producer)
 
1998 Pleasantville (producer)
 
1997 Trial and Error (producer)
 
1988 Big (co-producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2012 The Hunger Games
 
2003 Seabiscuit
 
1998 Pleasantville
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2003 Seabiscuit
Pimlico Track Announcer
 
1995 The Misery Brothers
Redwood Stump
 
1993 Dave
Policeman #2
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2008 Che: Part One (thanks)
 
2004 Ocean's Twelve (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (20 titles)
2013 Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV series)
Himself
– Directing 7 (2013) … Himself
 
2012 A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (video documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 August 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 March 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2003-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 March 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 July 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2012 CBS This Morning (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.57 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– The Hunger Games Cast/Kelly Lynch/John Schneider (2012) … Himself
 
2010 Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The Movie Loft (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2007 On the Lot (TV series)
Himself - Judge
– 6 Cut to 5 & 5 Directors Compete (2007) … Himself - Judge
 
2007 Big: Chemistry of a Classic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Dreams on Spec (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.20 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.20 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Seabiscuit: The Making of a Legend (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Seabiscuit: Racing Through History (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Making of 'Seabiscuit' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The True Story of Seabiscuit (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Gary Ross … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
 

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Seabiscuit -- Clip: Unkindest cut of all The Hunger Games -- Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match. Seabiscuit -- Clip: He Lied to Us
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[on minimizing the use of special effects in directing The Hunger Games] We would be doing exactly what the Capitol is doing if we used 3D. We'd be exploiting what the book condemns: a mediacentric society where entertainment in that culture devolves into spectacle, and that spectacle evolves into political control. See more »

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Son of Arthur A. Ross See more »

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