---
name: "F. Gary Gray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/f-gary-gray"
fi1m_id: "f-gary-gray"
imdb_id: "nm0336620"
tmdb_id: 37932
wikidata_id: "Q462078"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 July 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T14:07:33.160013+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."
---

# F. Gary Gray

## Identity

F. Gary Gray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/f-gary-gray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** f-gary-gray
- **IMDb ID:** nm0336620
- **TMDB ID:** 37932
- **Wikidata ID:** Q462078
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Gary_Gray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462078, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37932

Director. Born 17 July 1969 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 July 1969, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2017
- **Also known as:** Gary Gray, Felix Gary Gray, اف. گری گری, Феликс Гэри Грей
- **Frequently works with:** [Jason Statham](https://film.one/person/jason-statham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Crime 2, Drama 1, History 1, Music 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,614m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Gary_Gray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462078, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37932

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Straight Outta Compton*](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Italian Job*](https://film.one/film/the-italian-job-2003.md) (70)

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

## Biography

F. Gary Gray is an American film director and producer. Born Felix Gary Gray on 17 July 1969 in New York City, he began his career directing music videos for artists including Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, TLC and Outkast.

Gray made his feature directorial debut with the comedy *Friday* (1995). He has since directed *Set It Off* (1996), *The Negotiator* (1998), *The Italian Job* (2003), *Be Cool* (2005), *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009), *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), *The Fate of the Furious* (2017) and *Men in Black: International* (2019).

In 2019 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Fate of the Furious* (2017), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fate-of-the-furious.md)
- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Fi1m 76, as Greg Mack — [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)
- *The Italian Job* (2003), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-italian-job-2003.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Lift* (2024), Director, Executive Producer
- *Men in Black: International* (2019), Director
- *The Fate of the Furious* (2017), Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fate-of-the-furious.md)
- *The Sea of Trees* (2016), Producer
- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), as Greg Mack · Director, Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)
- *Assassin’s Creed - Syndicate* (2015), Director
- *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009), Director
- *Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’* (2009), Actor
- *Be Cool* (2005), Executive Producer, Director
- *R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection* (2003), Director
- *The Italian Job* (2003), Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-italian-job-2003.md)
- *A Man Apart* (2003), Director, Executive Producer
- *Ryan Caulfield: Year One* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *The Negotiator* (1998), Director
- *Set It Off* (1996), as Guy Driving Low Rider (uncredited) · Director, Executive Producer
- *Friday* (1995), as Black Man at Store · Director
- *Crack House* (1989), as Gray

## Gallery

- ![F. Gary Gray](https://film.one/media/person/123254/gallery-6db6d7ca2ce2.jpg) F. Gary Gray — Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/F._Gary_Gray_%2821226277825%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![F. Gary Gray](https://film.one/media/person/123254/gallery-8a63a813d12c.jpg) F. Gary Gray — Image via TMDB
- ![F. Gary Gray](https://film.one/media/person/123254/gallery-54be1f980ffa.jpg) F. Gary Gray — Image via TMDB
- ![F. Gary Gray](https://film.one/media/person/123254/gallery-dc39b7de7057.jpg) F. Gary Gray — Image via TMDB

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