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Gore Verbinski

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Gore Verbinski
Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of all time ($135,600,000) and grossed over $1 billion dollars worldwide.

He was born Gregor Verbinski on March 16, 1964 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Laurette Ann (McGovern) and Victor Vincent Verbinski, a nuclear physicist who worked at the Oak Ridge Lab. His paternal grandparents were Polish. In 1967, the family moved to California, and young Gregor grew up near San Diego. His biggest influences as a kid were Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Black Sabbath's Master of Reality. He started his professional career as a guitarist for punk-rock bands, such as The Daredevils and The Little Kings, and also made his first films together with friends. After having developed a passion for filmmaking, he sold his guitar to buy a Super-8mm camera. Then Verbinski attended the prestigious UCLA Film School, from which he graduated in 1987 with his BFA in Film. His first professional directing jobs were music videos for alternative bands, such as L7, Bad Religion, and Monster Magnet. Then he moved to advertising and directed commercials for Nike, Canon, Skittles, United airlines and Coca-Cola. In 1993 he created the renowned Budweiser advertising campaign featuring croaking frogs, for which he was awarded the advertising Silver Lion at Cannes and also received four Clio Awards.

Verbinski made his feature directorial debut with Mousehunt (1997), a remarkably visual cartoonish family comedy. His next effort, The Mexican (2001), came to a modest result. However, Verbinski bounced back with a hit thriller The Ring (2002), grossing over $230 million dollars worldwide. His biggest directorial success came with the Disney theme park ride based Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a brilliant acting ensemble, grossing over $650 million dollars, and bringing five Oscar nominations and many other awards and nominations. Disney ordered two more films which Verbinski shot one after another on location in the Caribbean islands, for which he had to endure both tetanus and typhoid immunization shots. After having survived several hurricanes, dealing with sick and injured actors, and troubleshooting after numerous technical difficulties of the epic-scale project, Verbinski delivered. He employed the same stellar cast in the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the third installment of the 'Pirates' franchise Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).

Gore Verbinski does not like publicity. He has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife and his two sons. He resides with his family in Los Angeles, California.
BornMarch 16, 1964
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 10 wins & 12 nominations total

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Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, and Gore Verbinski in The Weather Man (2005)
Gore Verbinski in The Weather Man (2005)
Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, and Gore Verbinski in Mousehunt (1997)
Gore Verbinski and Naomi Watts in The Ring (2002)
David Dorfman and Gore Verbinski in The Ring (2002)
Johnny Depp, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport, Keira Knightley, and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Orlando Bloom, Kevin McNally, and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Orlando Bloom and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, and Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Known for

Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
Rango
7.2
  • Director
  • 2011
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
8.1
  • Director
  • 2003
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
A Cure for Wellness
6.4
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2016
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
7.1
  • Director
  • 2007

Credits

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Director

  • Spaceless
    • Director
    • Pre-production
    • 2025
  • A Cure for Wellness (2016)
    A Cure for Wellness
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2016
  • Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger (2013)
    The Lone Ranger
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Rango
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Nicolas Cage in The Weather Man (2005)
    The Weather Man
    • Director
    • 2005
  • The Crystal Method: Born Too Slow (2003)
    The Crystal Method: Born Too Slow
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 2003
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    • Director
    • 2003
  • The Ring (2002)
    The Ring
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts in The Mexican (2001)
    The Mexican
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Nathan Lane and Lee Evans in Mousehunt (1997)
    Mousehunt
    • Director
    • 1997
  • The Ritual (1996)
    The Ritual
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1996
  • Monster Magnet: Teenage Negasonic Warhead (1995)
    Monster Magnet: Teenage Negasonic Warhead
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1995
  • Budweiser: Frogs (1995)
    Budweiser: Frogs
    • Director
    • Video
    • 1995
  • Bad Religion: Stranger than Fiction (1994)
    Bad Religion: Stranger than Fiction
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1994

Producer

  • Spaceless
    • producer
    • Pre-production
    • 2025
  • A Cure for Wellness (2016)
    A Cure for Wellness
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Ben Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger (2013)
    The Lone Ranger
    • producer
    • 2013
  • Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Rango
    • producer
    • 2011

Writer

  • A Cure for Wellness (2016)
    A Cure for Wellness
    • story by
    • 2016
  • Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Rango
    • story by
    • 2011
  • The Ritual (1996)
    The Ritual
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1996
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Rango: Behind the Scenes
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Rango: Behind the Scenes
Super Bowl Spot
Promo 1:31
Super Bowl Spot

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Gregor Verbinski
  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • March 16, 1964
    • Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • Parents
      Victor Vincent Verbinski
  • Other works
    Commercial: The Budweiser Frogs (the first)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Pictorial

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    Creator of the Budweiser frogs.
  • Quotes
    I think when you remake a movie you try not to mess it up. I think the original movie worked really well in certain places and there's part of it that's different. We're not dealing with the ESP aspect to the original movie or the volcano. Choices were made in this case to emphasize the more viral aspects of the tape. I think it's very important for me to try not to take away from what worked well in the original movie. ... There's something wonderful about an outside perspective on the horror genre, which has a real history in American cinema. And I think there was a wonderful minimalism to the original movie that I felt was very important to keep. -- on remaking "Ringu" with "The Ring"
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