---
name: "Charles Gordon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-gordon"
fi1m_id: "charles-gordon"
imdb_id: "nm0330077"
tmdb_id: 7681
wikidata_id: "Q1064570"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 May 1947"
died: "31 October 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T15:59:54.430890+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Gordon

## Identity

Charles Gordon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-gordon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-gordon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0330077
- **TMDB ID:** 7681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1064570
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gordon_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064570, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7681

Producer. Born 13 May 1947 in Mississippi, USA. Died 31 October 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 May 1947, Mississippi, USA
- **Died:** 31 October 2020
- **Active:** 1988–1995
- **Also known as:** Chuck Gordon
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Costner](https://film.one/person/kevin-costner.md), [Lawrence Gordon](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gordon.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (2), 1990s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $729m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gordon_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064570, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7681

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Field of Dreams*](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md) (83)
- **Hulu:** [*Waterworld*](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Gordon, also credited as Chuck Gordon, was an American film and television producer. He began his career as a talent agent before working as a screenwriter and television producer, including executive producer credits on series such as *The Renegades* (1983) and *Just Our Luck* (1983). He later collaborated extensively with his brother Lawrence Gordon.

Gordon's film credits include executive producer on *Die Hard* (1988) and producer on *Field of Dreams* (1989), *Die Hard 2* (1990), *Lock Up* (1989), *K-9* (1989), *The Rocketeer* (1991), *Waterworld* (1995), *October Sky* (1999), *The Girl Next Door* (2004), *Hitman* (2007) and *Hitman: Agent 47* (2015). He and his brother received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *Field of Dreams*.

Born on 13 May 1947 in Belzoni, Mississippi, Gordon died on 31 October 2020 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: thewrap.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Waterworld* (1995), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)
- *Die Hard 2* (1990), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *Field of Dreams* (1989), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)
- *Die Hard* (1988), Fi1m 89, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hitman: Agent 47* (2015), Producer
- *Hitman* (2007), Producer
- *The Girl Next Door* (2004), Producer
- *October Sky* (1999), Producer
- *Trojan War* (1997), Producer
- *Waterworld* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)
- *Unlawful Entry* (1992), Producer
- *The Super* (1991), Producer
- *The Rocketeer* (1991), Producer
- *Die Hard 2* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *Lock Up* (1989), Producer
- *K-9* (1989), Producer
- *Field of Dreams* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)
- *Leviathan* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Die Hard* (1988), Executive Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)
- *The Wrong Guys* (1988), Producer
- *Night of the Creeps* (1986), Producer
- *The Streets* (1984), Executive Producer
- *The Renegades* (1982), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1990: Best Picture (nominated), for *Field of Dreams*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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