F. Gary Gray

Biography

Felix Gary Gray (born July 17, 1969) is an American director and producer. Gray began his career as a director on numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning music videos, including "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube, "Natural Born Killaz" by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" by Dr. Dre, "Waterfalls" by TLC, and "Ms. Jackson" by Outkast. Gray made his feature-film directorial debut with the comedy Friday (1995). He has since directed the films Set It Off (1996), The Negotiator (1998), The Italian Job (2003), Be Cool (2005), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He also directed the eighth instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise, The Fate of the Furious (2017), which is one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article F. Gary Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. The Fate of the Furious (2017) — Director
2. The Italian Job (2003) — Director
3. Law Abiding Citizen (2009) — Director
4. Men in Black: International (2019) — Director
5. Straight Outta Compton (2015) — Director
6. The Negotiator (1998) — Director
7. Friday (1995) — Director
8. Lift (2024) — Director
9. A Man Apart (2003) — Director
10. Be Cool (2005) — Director
11. Set It Off (1996) — Director
12. R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection (2003) — Director
13. Assassin’s Creed - Syndicate (2015) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Straight Outta Compton (2015) — Greg Mack
2. Friday (1995) — Black Man at Store
3. Set It Off (1996) — Guy Driving Low Rider (uncredited)
4. Punk'd (2003) — Self
5. Crack House (1989) — Gray
6. On the Lot (2007)
7. ‘Friday’ Straight Up (2009) — Self
8. Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ (2009)
9. The Game: The Documentary 2 (2015) — Self
10. Be Cool, Very Cool (2005) — Self