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F. Gary Gray

F. Gary Gray

Highest Rated: 89% Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Lowest Rated: 10% A Man Apart (2003)

Birthday: Jul 17, 1969

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Having established himself as a talented music video director, F. Gary Gray was bound to make a successful transition to feature films. Gray made good on his creative promise when he directed the hit comedy "Friday" (1995), which earned ten times its small budget at the box office and generated two popular sequels. He continued to showcase his gifts with his sophomore effort, "Set It Off" (1996), which was a big earner at the box office. Gray made his first foray into big-budget Hollywood filmmaking with the critically acclaimed thriller, "The Negotiator" (1998). Following a failed attempt at launching a regular television series, he found his biggest success to date with "The Italian Job" (2003), a gripping remake of the 1969 action comedy-drama. After establishing himself as a skilled director of action-adventure films, Gray returned to his hip-hop roots with the hit N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" (2015).

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THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS, (AKA FAST & FURIOUS 8), FROM LEFT, DIRECTOR F. GARY GRAY, VIN DIESEL, ON-SET, 2017. PH: MATT KENNEDY. ©UNIVERSAL STUDIOS THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., from left, Nancy Davis, James Whitmore, Gary Gray, 1950 THE PAINTED HILLS, Gary Gray (front), Lassie, 1951 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., Gary Gray (front), Lillian Bronson, James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, 1950 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., Gary Gray, Nancy Davis, Lillian Bronson, James Whitmore, 1950 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., Gary Gray, James Whitmore, 1950 STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, top, from left, Ice Cube, director F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, bottom, from left, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, 2015. ph: Todd MacMillan/©Universal Pictures THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., from left, James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Gary Gray, 1950 RACHEL AND THE STRANGER, Robert Mitchum, William Holden, Loretta Young, Gary Gray, 1948 RACHEL AND THE STRANGER, Robert Mitchum, Gary Gray, Loretta Young, William Holden, 1948 RACHEL AND THE STRANGER, Gary Gray, 1948 RACHEL AND THE STRANGER, William Holden, Gary Gray, Robert Mitchum, Loretta Young, 1948 THE PAINTED HILLS, from left: Lassie, Paul Kelly, Gary Gray, 1951 THE PAINTED HILLS, Gary Gray, Chief Yowlachie, Lassie, 1951 RETURN OF THE BAD MEN, Gabby Hayes, Gary Grey, Jacqueline White (rear left), 1948 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., Nancy Davis, James Whitmore, Gary Gray, 1950 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR, James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Gary Gray, Lillian Bronson, 1950 FATHER'S WILD GAME, from left, Gary Gray, Georgie Nokes, 1950 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., Gary Gray, Lillian Bronson, James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, 1950 THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR..., James Whitmore, Gary Gray, Nancy Davis, 1950
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
29% 33% Lift Director - 2024
23% 66% Men in Black: International Director $80.0M 2019
67% 72% The Fate of the Furious Director $225.7M 2017
17% 44% The Sea of Trees Producer $14.0K 2015
89% 91% Straight Outta Compton Director,
Producer 		$161.0M 2015
No Score Yet 90% Kane and Lynch Director - 2013
26% 75% Law Abiding Citizen Director $73.3M 2009
30% 42% Be Cool Director,
Executive Producer 		$55.8M 2005
72% 80% The Italian Job Director $106.1M 2003
10% 62% A Man Apart Director $26.2M 2003
74% 79% The Negotiator Director $44.7M 1998
70% 89% Set It Off Director,
Executive Producer 		$36.1M 1996
76% 91% Friday Director $27.4M 1995

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Lot Judge 2007
14% No Score Yet Ryan Caulfield: Year One Executive Producer 1999