1. GARY ROSS
Gary Ross received screenwriting Oscar nominations
for "Big" (1988), "Dave" (1993) and "Seabiscuit" (2003)
His newest released film was The Hunger Games
(2012)which was a big hit.
Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards,
including Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay nods for
Seabiscuit (2003), which received a total of seven
Academy Awards nominations but no wins.
American writer ,director and actor
Birthday November 3rd in castro valley, California
His father was screenwriter Arthur A. Ross (1920 -
2008). After writing for television series "Deadly
Nightmares" (1983)
Despite the extraordinary commercial success of The
Hunger Games (2012), Ross declined involvement in the
franchise's three sequels,
He got his start in the movie business when he was
hired to write a treatment for a screen play.
2. His father was screenwriter Arthur A. Ross (1920 - 2008). After writing for television series "Deadly
Nightmares" (1983) in 1986with a series of notable screenwriting credits including Mr. Baseball
(1992), Dave (1993), Pleasantville (1998) and Seabiscuit (2003). 1998's Pleasantville (1998) also
marked Ross's directorial debut, after which he went on to direct Seabiscuit (2003) and The Hunger
Games (2012), which he adapted for the screen alongside Hunger Games novelist Suzanne Collins.