Life and Career
Gary Ross was born November, 3 1956 and is the son of Hollywood screen writer Arthur A. Ross. Gary Ross was at first a novel writer. He got his start in the movie business when he was hired to write a treatment for a screen play. While writing the treatment he learned it paid more than writing a novel. After this he wrote his own screen play and showed it to Anne Spielberg, they ended up writing the script for Big. He and Anne were nominated for the Best Screenplay Oscar® as well as a Writers Guild of America Award. Gary Ross also wrote presidential speeches for President Bill Clinton. Gary Ross has a general trademark in the movies he directs, he discovers actors and actresses who have been previously overlooked, Ross choses relatively unknown actors and actresses to play the lead roles in his films, transforming them into well-known performers. Examples include Tom Hanks in the movie “Big”, Jennifer Lawrence in “The Hunger Games,” and Toby McGuire in “Sea Biscuit” and “Pleasantville.”
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