In 1989, he played a role in the satirical comedy " Major League " and entered the film and television industry
.
In 1992, he completed his first director's work and directed the MV for O'Shea Jackson Sr.'s song " It Was A Good Day "
. In 1993, directed the music video of the rapper Coolio's song "Fantastic Voyage". In 1995, the comedy " Friday " directed by him was released. The film was co-starred by O'Shea Jackson Sr., Chris Tucker and Nia Long
. In the same year, he directed the MV for the girl group TLC song "Waterfalls" and was nominated for the MV. Best Director Award at the 12th MTV Music Video Awards
.
In 1996, directed the crime action film " Set It Off " starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Quen Latifah . With this film, he won the Best Director Award at the 1st African American Film Festival and the 16th Cognac Police Film Festival Special Jury Award; In the same year, he directed the MV of Baby Face and Stevie Wonder's " How Come, How Long ", which was nominated for the Best Short Video at the 40th Grammy Awards
.
In 1998, he directed the action thriller " The Negotiator " starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey
, for which he won the Best Director Award at the 3rd African American Film Festival
. In October 1999, the directed crime TV series "Ryan Caulfield: Year One" was broadcast, starring Sean Maher
.
In 2000, directed the MV of the rap group Outkast song " Ms. Jackson ". The MV was nominated for the Best Short Video at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards
. F. Gary Gray was nominated for the Best of the 18th MTV Music Video Awards with the MV. Director's Award
.
In May 2003, it directed the action film " at The Italian the Job " was released, the film remake of the 1969 Paramount movie of the same name by Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg , Charlize Theron starring
, by virtue of his film won the 8th US black film Festival best director Award
; December 1st to get African-American film critics Association Award for special Achievement Award
; the same year, directed the action film " A man the Apart ", directed by Vin Diesel , Larenz Tate , Timothy David Olyphant starred
.
In March 2005, the crime comedy film " Be Cool " directed by him was released. The film was co-starred by John Travolta and Uma Thurman
. In 2006, directed the MV for the song "Show Me What You Got" by the rapper Shawn Corey Carter
.
In 2008, directed the musical biopic "The Life of Marvin Guy"
. In October 2009, his crime film " Law Abiding Citizen " was released. The film was starred by Jamie Foxx
. With this film, F. Gary Gray was nominated for the 41st American Association for the Advancement of Colored People Award for Best Director
. In 2013, he announced his role as the director of the game adaptation film " Kane & Lynch "
.
In 2015, directed the musical biopic " Straight Outta Compton " starring Jason Mitchell , Corey Hawkins and O'Shea Jackson Jr.
, which was nominated for the 27th American Producers Association Awards for Best Picture in Drama
, F. Gary Gray was therefore nominated for the 47th American Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Best Director Award
; in the same year, he served as the producer of the US-Japanese co-produced feature film " The Sea of Trees "
.
In April 2017, the action film " The Fate of the Furious " directed by him was released. The film was co-starred by Vin Diesel, Dwayne Douglas Johnson and others
, and received more than 1.2 billion US dollars in the box office
. In 2018, announced to be the director of the comic film " Masked Fighter "
. 2019, directed the sci-fi action film "Men in Black: global hunt", Directed by Chris Hemsworth , Tessa Lynn Thompson starred
.