---
name: "Gary Foster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-foster"
fi1m_id: "gary-foster"
imdb_id: "nm0287811"
tmdb_id: 12922
wikidata_id: "Q1817027"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-20T04:06:08.110710+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."
---

# Gary Foster

## Identity

Gary Foster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-foster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-foster
- **IMDb ID:** nm0287811
- **TMDB ID:** 12922
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1817027
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1817027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287811/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12922

Producer. Born 1 January 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961
- **Active:** 1993–2016
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2010s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1817027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287811/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12922

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Sleepless in Seattle*](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md) (78), [*Denial*](https://film.one/film/denial.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Gary Foster is an American film and television producer. A 1983 graduate of the University of Southern California, he began producing feature films in the mid-1980s.

His credits include *Short Circuit* (1986), *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), *Tin Cup* (1996), *The Score* (2001), *Daredevil* (2003), *Elektra* (2005), *Ghost Rider* (2007), *The Soloist* (2009) and *When in Rome* (2010). He served as executive producer on the television series *Community* (2009–2015). Foster received a BAFTA Award nomination for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, cinefestoz.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Denial* (2016), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Bedford Park* (2026), Producer
- *Finestkind* (2023), Producer
- *Tâm* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Denial* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *Maggie's Plan* (2016), Thanks
- *My Old Lady* (2014), Producer
- *Emperor* (2012), Producer
- *Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance* (2011), Executive Producer
- *When in Rome* (2010), Producer
- *Community* (2009), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *The Soloist* (2009), Producer
- *Ghost Rider* (2007), Producer
- *Elektra* (2005), Producer
- *Daredevil* (2003), Producer
- *The Score* (2001), Producer
- *Gloria* (1999), Producer
- *Desperate Measures* (1998), Producer
- *Tin Cup* (1996), Producer
- *Big Bully* (1996), as Bar Patron (uncredited) · Producer
- *The Amazing Panda Adventure* (1995), Producer
- *Just Cause* (1995), Co-Producer
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *Side Out* (1990), Producer
- *Loverboy* (1989), Producer
- *Short Circuit 2* (1988), Producer
- *Short Circuit* (1986), Associate Producer
- *Space Unicorn*, Producer
- *Untitled Community Movie*, Executive Producer
- *The Little Bedroom*, Producer
- *Wild World*, Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/gary-foster