Gary Ross

Gary Ross

  • Born: 1956-11-3
  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer, actor
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: Big, Dave, Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, The Free State of Jones
  • Gary Ross (Gary Ross), born on November 3, 1956 in Los Angeles , California, USA , is an American director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
    In 1989, he served as the screenwriter of the romantic comedy film " Big ", which was nominated for the 61st Oscar for Best Original Screenplay [1]  . In 1993, he served as the screenwriter for the romantic movie " Dave ", which was nominated for the 66th Oscar for Best Original Screenplay [2]  . In 1998 , he wrote and directed his first film " Pleasantville " [3]  , for which he was nominated for the 25th Saturn Awards for Best Screenplay. In 2004, he wrote and directed the feature film " Seabiscuit " [4]  , which was nominated for the 76th Oscar for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay [5]  . In 2012, he directed the action-adventure " The Hunger Games " [6]  , which was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Picture [7]  and the 39th Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film [8]  . In 2016, directed the biographical film " The Free State of Jones " [9]  . In 2018, directed the crime movie " Ocean's Eight " [10]  . In 2020, directed the comedy film "Free Will".

    Performing Experience

    In 1989, he served as the screenwriter of the romantic comedy film " Big ", which was nominated for the 61st Oscar for Best Original Screenplay   . For this film, he won the 16th Saturn Award for Best Screenplay. In 1992, the comedy film " Mr. Baseball ", which served as a screenwriter, was released, which was directed by Frederic Alan Schepisi .
    In 1993, he served as the screenwriter of the romantic movie " Dave ", which was nominated for the 66th Oscar for Best Original Screenplay   . In 1994, he served as the screenwriter of the adventure film " Lassie ", which was co-starred by Tom Guiry , Helen Schlacter , and Jonathan F.W.Tenney .
    In 1998 , he wrote and directed his first film " Pleasantville "  . With this film, he was nominated for the 25th Saturn Awards for Best Screenplay. In 2004, he wrote and directed the drama " Seabiscuit " co-starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges . The film was nominated for the 76th Oscar for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay .  
    In 2008, the fantasy adventure animation film " The Tale of Despereaux " , which served as a screenwriter, was released. In 2011, the romantic movie " Tokyo Suckerpunch " directed by him was released   . In 2012, directed the action-adventure movie " The Hunger Games " starring Jennifer Lawrence , which was adapted from the novel of the same name by American writer Susan Collins , and was nominated for the MTV Movie Awards for Best Picture and the 39th Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film Award .   
    In 2016, directed the biographical film " The Free State of Jones " co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw . The film was adapted from real historical events and told the story of a rebellious Confederate soldier Newton Knight   .
    In 2018, directed the crime film " Ocean's Eight " co-starred by Sandra Bullock , Catherine Elise Blanchett and Anne Hathaway . The film tells Debbie's plans for a shocking case. Together with friends played by Catherine Elise Blanchett, he will recruit top masters and prepare for a year. The story of a diamond necklace worth 150 million dollars stolen at a fashion event . In 2020, directed the comedy film "Free Will", the film explored the relationship between free will and destiny. 

    Character Evaluation

    In the movie "The Hunger Games", director Gary Ross gave the film a long and unique style   . During the filming process, director Gary Ross painstakingly chose to dilute and obscure the bloody and violent elements. The weakening of the scene in the arena made the film lose a lot of breathtaking and exciting shots, but it made the film meaningful and extremely rich. The tension arouses the curiosity of movie fans, and gives them a little more thinking space apart from the tension of watching . 
    In the movie "The Free State of Jones", the director Gary Ross handled the ugly historical facts in a very appropriate way, but it would not make people feel that it weakened or downplayed the seriousness of historical events. Moreover, the film is scattered with many small, unmarked fragments, which can make people feel very real and directly reach people's hearts. By the end of the movie, the audience will clearly feel how masterful and ingenious Ross is in this subject matter . 
    Extended Reading
    • Shayne 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      Sexual liberation and utopia

      With the ingenious transformation of black and white and color, Hollywood has entered the spiritual core of dystopian novels. Although...

      Although you can only say "despite" to Hollywood. Despite the desolation of humanity under the design of the power, the colorful soap bubbles turned...

    • Armando 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      Order and destruction

             After watching the movie, I remembered two things, a sentence and a novel. My political and economic teacher once said to us: "The core of democracy is not voting, but decentralization." Corresponding to the general public, it is "The design of the system is not to subordinate the...

    • Garret 2022-04-23 07:01:44

      A stalk, some details, some topics, have not grasped what the core theme is, so it seems that the storyline density is low and slow.

    • Alisha 2022-03-27 09:01:05

      From black and white to color, from the unchanging stereotyped life to the dynamic and enthusiastic life, the ingenious fusion of form and content

    Pleasantville quotes

    • [after waiting two seconds after knocking on the door]

      Mark Davis: Bitch...

    • Betty Parker: [Betty is in color, George is still black & white] George, look at me. Look at my face. That meeting is not for me.

      George Parker: You'll put on some make-up.

      Betty Parker: I don't want to put on make-up.

      George Parker: It'll go away. It goes away.

      Betty Parker: [firmly] I don't want it to go away.