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.

Filmography

• 2024Little Wing — Writer, Producer
• 2019Frances Ferguson — Warden
• 2019Lying and Stealing — Aton
• 2017Kong: Skull Island — Story
• 2017Power Rangers — Screenplay
• 20157 Chinese Brothers — Dinsmore
• 2014Need for Speed — Air Force Pilot, Producer, Story
• 2014The Leprechaun Chronicles
• 2012A Thousand Words — Valet
• 2012Flight — Writer
• 2011Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred — Dishwasher
• 2011Real Steel — Kingpin, Screenplay
• 2010FRED: The Movie — Car Wash Clerk #1
• 2010Harmony and Me — Homeless Tom
• 2008Meet Dave — Air Traffic Controller
• 2007Norbit — Attendant
• 2007The Nines — John Gatins
• 2006The Shaggy Dog — Homeless Guy
• 2005Coach Carter — Screenplay
• 2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story — Director, Writer
• 2002Big Fat Liar — Tow Truck Driver
• 2001Hardball — Screenplay
• 2001Impostor — Patient-Soldier
• 2001Summer Catch — Writer, Co-Producer
• 2000Ready to Rumble — Producer
• 1999Varsity Blues — Smiling Man
• 1998Another Day in Paradise — Phil
• 1998Breakfast with Einstein — Cop #1
• 1998Gods and Monsters — Kid Saylor (uncredited)
• 1995Leprechaun 3 — Scott
• 1995Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings — Young Caspar Dixon
• 1993Witchboard 2 — Russel
• Fight for '84 — Writer
• The Last Mrs. Parrish — Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2017The Power of the Present — Self - Screenwriter (2017)