---
name: "Gavin O'Connor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gavin-oconnor"
fi1m_id: "gavin-oconnor"
imdb_id: "nm0640334"
tmdb_id: 77003
wikidata_id: "Q3099599"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "24 December 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:28:38.408805+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."
---

# Gavin O'Connor

## Identity

Gavin O'Connor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gavin-oconnor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gavin-oconnor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0640334
- **TMDB ID:** 77003
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3099599
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_O%27Connor_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3099599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77003

Director and producer. Born 24 December 1963 in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 24 December 1963, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_O%27Connor_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3099599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77003

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Americans*](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md) (91)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Warrior*](https://film.one/film/warrior.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Gavin O'Connor is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 24 December 1963 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career writing and producing the short film The Bet (1992), made his feature directorial debut with Comfortably Numb (1995) and directed Tumbleweeds (1999).

O'Connor directed, co-wrote the screenplay and story, and produced Warrior (2011). His other directing credits include Miracle (2004), Pride and Glory (2008), Jane Got a Gun (2015), The Accountant (2016) and The Way Back (2020). He has also directed episodes of television series including The Americans (2013) and Seven Seconds (2018). He has directed two actors to Academy Award nominations: Janet McTeer for Tumbleweeds and Nick Nolte for Warrior.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Americans* (2013), Fi1m 91, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Warrior* (2011), Fi1m 80, Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Mare of Easttown* (2021), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mare-of-easttown.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *The Accountant²* (2025), Director, Executive Producer
- *Mare of Easttown* (2021), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/mare-of-easttown.md)
- *The Way Back* (2020), Producer, Director
- *City on a Hill* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Seven Seconds* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Accountant* (2016), Director, Executive Producer
- *Jane Got a Gun* (2015), Director
- *Brothers* (2015), Original Story
- *The Americans* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life* (2011), Actor
- *Warrior* (2011), as J. J. Riley (uncredited) · Producer, Screenplay, Story, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Pride and Glory* (2008), Director, Screenplay, Story
- *Elvis & Anabelle* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Miracle* (2004), Director
- *The Smashing Machine* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Slaughter Rule* (2002), Producer
- *The Glass House* (2001), as Whitey
- *Tumbleweeds* (1999), as Jack Ranson · Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Comfortably Numb* (1995), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Who's the Man?* (1993), as Drill Man
- *The Bet* (1992), Writer
- *My War Gone By, I Miss It So*, Director, Producer
- *Wet Under Blue Sky*, Executive Producer
- *Running*, Director

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