---
name: "Gore Verbinski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gore-verbinski"
fi1m_id: "gore-verbinski"
imdb_id: "nm0893659"
tmdb_id: 1704
wikidata_id: "Q295463"
roles: ["Director","Producer","Writer"]
born: "16 March 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "director"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-02T22:23:42.029796+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."
---

# Gore Verbinski

## Identity

Gore Verbinski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gore-verbinski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gore-verbinski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0893659
- **TMDB ID:** 1704
- **Wikidata ID:** Q295463
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Verbinski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295463, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1704

Director and producer. Born 16 March 1964 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 16 March 1964, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 11 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md), [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Ted Elliott](https://film.one/person/ted-elliott.md), [Terry Rossio](https://film.one/person/terry-rossio.md), [Jack Davenport](https://film.one/person/jack-davenport.md), [Keira Knightley](https://film.one/person/keira-knightley.md), [Orlando Bloom](https://film.one/person/orlando-bloom.md), [Bill Nighy](https://film.one/person/bill-nighy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as director, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 65 (8), 2010s 63 (3), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 58 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 7, Adventure 6, Comedy 4, Fantasy 3, Science Fiction 3, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 24 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,759m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Verbinski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295463, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1704

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md) (81), [*Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die*](https://film.one/film/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die.md) (64), [*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md) (63), [*Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md) (70)

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

## Fi1m on Gore Verbinski

> Gore Verbinski lets peculiar people be funny without making the danger irrelevant. We like his generous approach to adventure, though a good performance often earns more patience than his repeated swordfights deserve.

Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow tries to sound authoritative while barely keeping his speech or his swagger steady. In *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Gore Verbinski lets that ridiculousness sit alongside swordfights, sea battles and supernatural danger. We laughed at Sparrow’s slurring, because Depp makes sounding in charge seem to require more concentration than he can spare. Verbinski’s contribution is to give him time without asking the rest of the cast to compete for eccentricity. This is a generous adventure director whose appetite for comedy we like, even when we wish he would get on with it.

*MouseHunt* (1997), his feature debut, established a taste for visual comedy; *The Ring* (2002) took him into horror before the pirate breakthrough. Two *Pirates* sequels followed in 2006 and 2007, then the animated Western *Rango* (2011). *The Lone Ranger* (2013) and *A Cure for Wellness* (2017) belong to a later, more unevenly received stretch. The genres change, but he keeps mixing comedy with danger and favouring outsiders as protagonists. That willingness to risk a peculiar leading character is more interesting than the size of the adventure around them.

His recurring collaborators include producer Jerry Bruckheimer and editor Craig Wood, and he favours practical locations and effects alongside computer-generated imagery. The emphasis on convincing movement makes sense for someone who mixes action and physical comedy. In *The Curse of the Black Pearl*, though, the warmth comes chiefly from Depp and Geoffrey Rush, and his willingness to let them set the comic pace. Their comic freedom keeps the adventure from settling into routine.

The weakness is his reluctance to stop. *The Curse of the Black Pearl* runs for 143 minutes, and the repeated swordfights test the goodwill the performances earn. Its thin romance gives us little reason to welcome the extra time, either. More restraint would leave the comedy and the warmth intact. Start with that first pirate adventure, and bring a tolerance for extended swordplay.

## Biography

Gore Verbinski is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 16 March 1964 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, he grew up in Southern California and graduated with a BFA in Film from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1987.

He is known for directing *MouseHunt* (1997), *The Ring* (2002), the first three *Pirates of the Caribbean* films (2003–2007) and *Rango* (2011). For *Rango* he won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (12)

### Directed (11) — the average rests on these

- *Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die* (2026), Fi1m 64, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die.md)
- *A Cure for Wellness* (2017), Fi1m 56, Director, Story, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-cure-for-wellness.md)
- *The Lone Ranger* (2013), Fi1m 55, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lone-ranger.md)
- *Rango* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Sgt Turley / Crevice / Slim / Lupe - Mariachi Violin (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/rango.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Fi1m 55, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md)
- *The Weather Man* (2005), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Fi1m 47, Co-Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-machine.md)
- *The Mexican* (2001), Fi1m 56, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mexican.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (2008), Fi1m 80, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/anvil-the-story-of-anvil.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die* (2026), as Pug (voice) · Director, Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die.md)
- *A Cure for Wellness* (2017), Director, Producer, Story — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/a-cure-for-wellness.md)
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (2013), Executive Producer
- *The Lone Ranger* (2013), Director, Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lone-ranger.md)
- *Rango* (2011), as Sgt Turley / Crevice / Slim / Lupe - Mariachi Violin (voice) · Director, Story, Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/rango.md)
- *The Cove* (2009), Thanks
- *Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (2008), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/anvil-the-story-of-anvil.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md)
- *The Weather Man* (2005), Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Co-Director — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-machine.md)
- *The Mexican* (2001), Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mexican.md)
- *MouseHunt* (1997), Director
- *The Ritual* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Spaceless*, Director
- *Sandkings*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Director Gore Verbinski, cast members Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña and Asim Chaudhry, and producer Robert Kulzer at the press co (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-84129f308cd6.jpg) Director Gore Verbinski, cast members Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña and Asim Chaudhry, and producer Robert Kulzer at the press co (2026) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Good_Luck%2C_Have_Fun%2C_Don%27t_Die_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-4442.jpg/1280px-Good_Luck%2C_Have_Fun%2C_Don%27t_Die_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-4442.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Director Gore Verbinski, cast members Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña and Asim Chaudhry, and producer Robert Kulzer at the press co (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-f64019d34885.jpg) Director Gore Verbinski, cast members Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña and Asim Chaudhry, and producer Robert Kulzer at the press co (2026) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Good_Luck%2C_Have_Fun%2C_Don%27t_Die_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-4442_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Good_Luck%2C_Have_Fun%2C_Don%27t_Die_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-4442_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gore Verbinski (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-8b92566465c5.jpg) Gore Verbinski (2026) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Gore_Verbinski-4006.jpg/1280px-Gore_Verbinski-4006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Director Gore Verbinski at the press conference for the film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-c00ed895e3ac.jpg) Director Gore Verbinski at the press conference for the film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Gore_Verbinski-4335.jpg/1280px-Gore_Verbinski-4335.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gore Verbinski](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-c0e43031e732.jpg) Gore Verbinski — Image via TMDB
- ![Gore Verbinski](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-983e3c14d992.jpg) Gore Verbinski — Image via TMDB
- ![Gore Verbinski](https://film.one/media/person/98162/gallery-c2f41e226560.jpg) Gore Verbinski — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Gore_Verbinski-4342.jpg/1280px-Gore_Verbinski-4342.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2012: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Rango*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2012: Best Animated Film (won), for *Rango*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production 2012: Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production (won), for *Rango*

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

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