Gavin O'Connor (filmmaker)

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Gavin O'Connor
Born	(1963-12-24) December 24, 1963 (age 60) Huntington, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania^[1]
Occupations	Director screenwriter producer playwright actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouses	Angela Shelton (m. 1995; div. 1996) Brooke Burns (m. 2013)
Children	1

Gavin O'Connor (born December 24, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, and actor. He is best known for directing the films Miracle (2004), Warrior (2011), The Accountant (2016), and The Way Back (2020).

Life and career

Gavin O'Connor was raised in Huntington, New York, on Long Island.^[2] He wrote and produced Ted Demme's directorial debut, the short film The Bet.^[3]

Three years later, he made his own feature film co–writing and directing debut with Comfortably Numb, about the moral dilemmas facing a Connecticut preppie-turned-New York City prosecutor; the film was screened at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Boston Film Festival. O'Connor then turned to the stage, producing, writing, and starring in the Off-Broadway play Rumblings of a Romance Renaissance in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

At the same time, O'Connor began work on a screenplay based on then-wife Angela Shelton's memories of her childhood spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother.^[4]

Impressed by Tony Award-winning British actress Janet McTeer's appearance on Charlie Rose's talk show in 1997, he was determined to cast her in what had become Tumbleweeds (in which he co-starred); he and Shelton were forced to finance the film themselves after being unable to find backers.^[5] The movie won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival; McTeer's performance earned her a Golden Globe as Best Actress and Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations in the same category; and Kimberly J. Brown, cast as her pre-teen daughter, won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, after serving as executive producer of several smaller, independent projects, O'Connor directed the film Miracle, based on the true story about the American ice hockey team's victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He also produced the Mark Kerr HBO documentary film, The Smashing Machine.^{[citation needed]}

O'Connor filmed the MMA film Warrior, for which he wrote the screenplay and directed. The film received a 2011 release, through Lions Gate Entertainment.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, O'Connor was working on adapting the novel The Hustler into a stage play.^[6] In April 2013, he signed on to direct Jane Got a Gun.^[7]

He executive produced and directed the pilot episode of the FX series The Americans. He directed and produced the pilot episode of the Netflix series Seven Seconds.^[8] In June 2014, O'Connor was set to direct his upcoming action-adventure film, Massacre in the Himalayas, which Gianni Nunnari's Hollywood Gang Productions will produce about the murder of ten climbers and the local Pakistani cook who are intent on conquering the K2 summit.^[9] He was also set to direct the WWII drama Atlantic Wall, starring Bradley Cooper.^[10]

On September 6, 2017, O'Connor landed the roles of director and writer of The Suicide Squad.^[11] By October, O'Connor had exited the project due to his story treatment reportedly being identical to Birds of Prey, as well as his commitments to The Way Back.^[12]^[13]

Personal life

O'Connor married actress Brooke Burns on June 22, 2013.^[14] He was previously married to Angela Shelton.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1992	The Bet	No	Yes	Executive	Short film
1995	Comfortably Numb	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directorial debut
1999	Tumbleweeds	Yes	Yes	Executive
2004	Miracle	Yes	No	No
2008	Pride and Glory	Yes	Yes	No
2011	Warrior	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Brothers	No	Story	No	Remake of Warrior in Hindi
2015	Jane Got a Gun	Yes	No	No
2016	The Accountant	Yes	No	Executive
2020	The Way Back	Yes	No	Yes
2025	The Accountant 2	Yes	No	No	Post-production

Producer only

Year	Title	Notes
2002	The Smashing Machine	Documentary; Executive producer
2002	The Slaughter Rule
2007	Elvis and Anabelle	Executive producer

Acting credits

Year	Title	Role
1999	Tumbleweeds	Jack Ranson
2001	The Glass House	Whitey
2011	Warrior	J.J. Riley (uncredited) ^[15]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Writer	Notes
2004	Clubhouse	Yes	No	Yes	Episode "Pilot"
2013-2014	The Americans	Yes	Yes	No	Episode "Pilot"
2017	Seven Seconds	Yes	Yes	No	Episode "Pilot"
2021	Mare of Easttown	No	Yes	No

References

^ Lazor, Drew (October 12, 2016). "UPenn football star-turned-Hollywood director talks about the X's and O's of 'The Accountant'". PhillyVoice. WWB Holdings, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
^ Lickona, Matthew (September 13, 2011). "Warrior's Faith". Retrieved July 14, 2013.
^ Dawson, Nick (October 23, 2008). "Govin O'Connor, Pride and Glory". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ Rubin, Saul (September 15, 1999). "Gavin O'Connor & Angela Shelton". Variety. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Wallace, Amy (December 19, 1999). "Mom and Daughter or David and Goliath 'Tumbleweeds' and 'Anywhere' Duke it Out at Box Office". SF Gate. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ "Fighting Words – exclusive interview with Gavin O'Connor, director of 'Warrior'". IrishCentral. September 7, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ "Bradley Cooper joins Jane Got a Gun". Moviehole.net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^ "Gavin O'Connor Working on Veena Sud Netflix Project". Slashfilm. October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
^ "'Warrior' Director Ascends the 'Massacre in the Himalayas'". Variety. June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
^ "Bradley Cooper, Gavin O'Connor Team On Imperative's WWII Drama 'Atlantic Wall'". Deadline Hollywood. November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
^ Gilyadov, Alex (September 6, 2017). "Suicide Squad 2 Taps The Accountant's Gavin O'Connor to Write and Direct". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (October 9, 2018). "From Marvel to DC: James Gunn in Talks to Take on Suicide Squad 2". Variety. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 11, 2018). "Hot Spec Package: Ben Affleck, Gavin O'Connor Re-Team On Brad Ingelsby Script 'The Has-Been'". Deadline. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ Finn, Natalie (December 13, 2011). "Newly Blond Brooke Burns Engaged to Warrior Director". E!. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
^ "Gavin O'Connor". IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

External links

Gavin O'Connor at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Gavin O'Connor
Comfortably Numb (1995) Tumbleweeds (1999) Miracle (2004) Pride and Glory (2008) Warrior (2011) Jane Got a Gun (2015) The Accountant (2016) The Way Back (2020) The Accountant 2 (2025)

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