---
name: "Gail Katz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gail-katz"
fi1m_id: "gail-katz"
imdb_id: "nm0441713"
tmdb_id: 21865
wikidata_id: "Q5517106"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:53:08.385844+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."
---

# Gail Katz

## Identity

Gail Katz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gail-katz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gail-katz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0441713
- **TMDB ID:** 21865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5517106
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Katz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5517106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21865

Producer. Born 1 January 1950 in Los Angeles, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Los Angeles, California
- **Active:** 1991–2000
- **Frequently works with:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-petersen.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (4), 2000s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 66 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 5, Action 4, Drama 3, Mystery 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,022m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Katz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5517106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21865

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Air Force One*](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md) (72), [*Outbreak*](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md) (66)

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## Biography

Gail Katz is an American film and television producer. Born in Los Angeles in 1950 and raised in Beverly Hills, she holds a BA in economics and political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management (1980). She began her career at New World Pictures, where she served as vice president of finance and later vice president of production.

Katz produced her first feature, *Shattered* (1991), and subsequently collaborated frequently with director Wolfgang Petersen. Her credits as producer include *Outbreak* (1995), *Air Force One* (1997), *Bicentennial Man* (1999) and *The Perfect Storm* (2000). She has also served as executive producer on films such as *In the Line of Fire* (1993) and on television series including *The Agency* (2001–2003) and *Cashmere Mafia* (2008). Katz heads Gail Katz Productions and is a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Perfect Storm* (2000), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-perfect-storm.md)
- *Air Force One* (1997), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Fi1m 58, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Searching* (2018), Thanks
- *Pawn Sacrifice* (2015), Producer
- *Cashmere Mafia* (2008), series, Producer
- *The Agency* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Agency* (2001), series, Creator
- *The Perfect Storm* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-perfect-storm.md)
- *Bicentennial Man* (1999), Producer
- *Instinct* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Red Corner* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Air Force One* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Co-Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)

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