---
name: "Gill Dennis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gill-dennis"
fi1m_id: "gill-dennis"
imdb_id: "nm0219456"
tmdb_id: 407
wikidata_id: "Q19921853"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 January 1941"
died: "13 May 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:54:52.738044+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."
---

# Gill Dennis

## Identity

Gill Dennis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gill-dennis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gill-dennis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219456
- **TMDB ID:** 407
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19921853
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Dennis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19921853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/407

Writer. Born 25 January 1941 in Charlottesville. Died 13 May 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 January 1941, Charlottesville
- **Died:** 13 May 2015
- **Active:** 1977–2005
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Dennis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19921853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/407

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Walk the Line*](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Gill Dennis (1941–2015) was an American screenwriter, director and teacher. He graduated in 1971 from the first class of the AFI Conservatory, alongside filmmakers including Terrence Malick and David Lynch, and later served as Master Filmmaker-in-Residence there. He also taught at CalArts.

His screenwriting credits include *Return to Oz* (1985), *On My Own* (1991), *Riders of the Purple Sage* (1996) and the Oscar-nominated *Walk the Line* (2005), which he co-wrote with director James Mangold. He also wrote and directed *Without Evidence* (1995) and contributed uncredited work to *The Black Stallion* (1979).

Dennis was married first to actress Elizabeth Hartman (divorced 1984) and later to Kristen Peckinpah Dennis; he had two sons. He died in Portland, Oregon, aged 74.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Eraserhead* (1977), Fi1m 84, as Man with Cigar — [page](https://film.one/film/eraserhead.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Walk the Line* (2005), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *The Lovers* (2017), In Memory Of
- *Forever* (2015), as Wayne · Writer
- *The GoodTimesKid* (2005), as Sergeant
- *Walk the Line* (2005), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md)
- *The Bug Man* (2003), Thanks
- *Riders of the Purple Sage* (1996), Teleplay
- *Without Evidence* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *On My Own* (1993), Writer, Story
- *Return to Oz* (1985), Screenplay
- *Eraserhead* (1977), as Man with Cigar — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eraserhead.md)
- *A Few Notes on Our Food Problem* (1968), Writer
- *Intermission*, Screenplay, Director

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