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My parents separated when I was 2, and my dad always lived in Chicago and my mother in L.A. I'd go back and forth and sometimes spend the summer with my dad, but L.A. was home.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Always Back Chicago Dad Forth Go Home Lived Mother Parents Separated Sometimes Spend Summer

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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Away Because Buy Day Developed Different Different Way Existence Films Had Hood Instincts Living Make Nothing Our Survival Take Those Use Way You

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I was doing well in TV as a freelance cameraman, but it wasn't the direction I wanted to go in. I directed videos and tried to put something cinematic in every one. Dialogue, action sequences, helicopter, Steadicam.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Action Cameraman Cinematic Dialogue Directed Direction Doing Every Freelance Go Helicopter Put Something Tried Tv Videos Wanted Well

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You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Earned Enjoy Go Hard History Lesson Money Movies People See Simply Spend Want You Yourself

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Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube and Dre and Mary J. Blige and TLC.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Been Career Cube Doing Dre Hip Hip Hop Hop Ice Integral Integral Part Life Mary My Life Off Part Started Videos Whole Tlc

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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Around Culture Familiar Growing Growing Up Lot Money Much Shifting Up Very

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If I were to do a movie about Apollo 13, I'd be at NASA studying what it took to go into space. It's part of your job to go deep, to interview the right people.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: About Apollo Deep Go Interview Job Movie Nasa Part People Right Right People Space Studying Took Were Your

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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Add Age Directing Emotions Even Experiences Growing Hopefully Instinct Just Kid Movies Necessarily Off Person Raw Same Start Story Talent Trajectory Working You

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I always direct next to the camera and watch my actors, and so you can see the small things that you can't see on the small screen but you can definitely see on the big screen.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Actor Always Big Big Screen Camera Definitely Direct Next Screen See Small Small Things Things Watch You

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When you look at someone good like J.J. Abrams who gives you the spectacle and great action set pieces but also gives you character and great story and plotting and narrative, I think it's my job - and my intention - to do both.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Action Also Both Character Gives Good Great Great Story Intention Job Like Look Narrative Pieces Plotting Set Someone Spectacle Story Think Who You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 17th, 1969

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