---
name: "Gary Magness"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-magness"
fi1m_id: "gary-magness"
imdb_id: "nm2798739"
tmdb_id: 1545917
wikidata_id: "Q5525512"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 February 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:22:07.434791+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 Magness

## Identity

Gary Magness

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-magness
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-magness
- **IMDb ID:** nm2798739
- **TMDB ID:** 1545917
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5525512
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Magness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2798739/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1545917

Producer. Born 26 February 1954 in Texas.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 February 1954, Texas
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Magness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2798739/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1545917

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire*](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Gary Magness is an American film producer and businessman. Born on 26 February 1954 in Texas, he is the son of Bob Magness, founder of the cable company Tele-Communications Inc. With his wife Sarah Siegel-Magness he co-founded the production company Smokewood Entertainment in 2007.

His producing credits include *Tennessee* (2008), *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), *Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer* (2011) and *Crazy Kind of Love* (2013). *Precious* received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer* (2011), Producer
- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Picture (nominated), for *Precious*

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

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