---
name: "Gavin Polone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gavin-polone"
fi1m_id: "gavin-polone"
imdb_id: "nm0689780"
tmdb_id: 35974
wikidata_id: "Q5528242"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T19:11:23.275037+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 Polone

## Identity

Gavin Polone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gavin-polone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gavin-polone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0689780
- **TMDB ID:** 35974
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5528242
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Polone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5528242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35974

Producer and director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Abigail Breslin](https://film.one/person/abigail-breslin.md), [Emma Stone](https://film.one/person/emma-stone.md), [Jesse Eisenberg](https://film.one/person/jesse-eisenberg.md), [Paul Wernick](https://film.one/person/paul-wernick.md), [Rhett Reese](https://film.one/person/rhett-reese.md), [Ruben Fleischer](https://film.one/person/ruben-fleischer.md), [Woody Harrelson](https://film.one/person/woody-harrelson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (4), 2010s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Horror 2, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $422m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Polone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5528242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35974

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Zombieland*](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md) (78), [*Zombieland: Double Tap*](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md) (52)
- **Disney+:** [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Gavin Polone is an American film and television producer. He began his career as a literary agent before moving into production in the late 1990s through his company Pariah. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

His film credits as producer include *8mm* (1999), *Panic Room* (2002), *Secret Window* (2004), *Zombieland* (2009), *Premium Rush* (2012), *A Dog's Purpose* (2017) and its sequels, and *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019). He has also served as executive producer on the television series *Gilmore Girls* and *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, receiving multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the latter.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Fi1m 52, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Zombieland* (2009), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)
- *Panic Room* (2002), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/panic-room.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Psycho Killer* (2026), Director
- *Cold Storage* (2026), Producer
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *A Dog's Journey* (2019), Producer
- *A Dog's Way Home* (2019), Producer
- *A Dog's Purpose* (2017), Producer
- *Nerdland* (2016), Producer
- *Finding Carter* (2014), series, Director
- *Zombieland* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *Premium Rush* (2012), Producer
- *Jane by Design* (2012), series, Producer
- *Conan O'Brien Can't Stop* (2011), Producer
- *Cinema Verite* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Zombieland* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)
- *Ghost Town* (2008), Producer
- *Tell Me You Love Me* (2007), series, Executive Producer
- *Backyards & Bullets* (2007), Producer
- *Primeval* (2007), Producer
- *My Boys* (2006), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), Producer
- *Thief* (2006), series, Executive Producer
- *Emily's Reasons Why Not* (2006), series, Executive Producer
- *Little Manhattan* (2005), Producer
- *Revelations* (2005), series, Executive Producer
- *Seeing Other People* (2004), Producer
- *Secret Window* (2004), Producer
- *Hack* (2002), series, Executive Producer
- *Family Affair* (2002), series, Executive Producer
- *Panic Room* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/panic-room.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Action* (1999), series, as Dodi
- *Stir of Echoes* (1999), Producer
- *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), Producer
- *Thick as Thieves* (1999), as Simons
- *8MM* (1999), Producer
- *An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn* (1998), as Gary Samuels
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Man in 'Jerry' Audience — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Angriest Man in Suburbia*, series, Producer
- *More, Patience*, series, Producer

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