
John Gatins
Department: Writing
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.
Known For

The Nines
2007

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995

Real Steel
2011

Leprechaun 3
1995

Gods and Monsters
1998

Meet Dave
2008

Witchboard 2
1993

7 Chinese Brothers
2015

Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
2011

Breakfast with Einstein
1998

Harmony and Me
2010

Another Day in Paradise
1998

A Thousand Words
2012

FRED: The Movie
2010

Frances Ferguson
2019

The Power of the Present
2017

Norbit
2007

Big Fat Liar
2002

Lying and Stealing
2019

Need for Speed
2014

The Shaggy Dog
2006

Varsity Blues
1999

Impostor
2001

The Leprechaun Chronicles
2014