---
name: "Michael Gracey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-gracey"
fi1m_id: "michael-gracey"
imdb_id: "nm1243905"
tmdb_id: 1276373
wikidata_id: "Q28152753"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "6 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T14:55:43.048860+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."
---

# Michael Gracey

## Identity

Michael Gracey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-gracey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-gracey
- **IMDb ID:** nm1243905
- **TMDB ID:** 1276373
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28152753
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gracey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28152753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1243905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1276373

Director and producer. Born 6 January 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 6 January 1976, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gracey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28152753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1243905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1276373

## Coming up

- *Tangled* (2028-03-30), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Better Man*](https://film.one/film/better-man.md) (74)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Greatest Showman*](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-showman.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Michael Gracey is an Australian filmmaker. He was born on 6 January 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria.

Gracey began his career in visual effects, working at the animation studio Animal Logic from 1994 to 1996. He later directed commercials and music videos before making his feature directorial debut with *The Greatest Showman* (2017).

He directed, wrote and produced the Robbie Williams biopic *Better Man* (2024). His other credits include directing the documentary *P!nk: All I Know So Far* (2021) and serving as executive producer on *Rocketman* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

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

- *Better Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, Producer, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)
- *The Greatest Showman* (2017), Fi1m 54, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-showman.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Tangled* (2028), Director
- *Better Man* (2024), Writer, Producer, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)
- *Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie* (2023), Executive Producer, Lyricist
- *G'day* (2022), Director
- *P!nk: All I Know So Far* (2021), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Rocketman* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *The Greatest Showman* (2017), Director — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-showman.md)
- *The Magician* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Recess: All Growed Down* (2003), Production Supervisor
- *Ned Kelly* (2003), as Digital Compositor
- *Nevermoor*, Director
- *Daughter of Smoke & Bone*, Director
- *Melody*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Michael Gracey, Jonno Davies, and Robbie Williams at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Better Man.](https://film.one/media/person/10227/gallery-d2f76befe46a.jpg) Michael Gracey, Jonno Davies, and Robbie Williams at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Better Man. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Michael_Gracey%2C_Jonno_Davies%2C_and_Robbie_Williams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Michael_Gracey%2C_Jonno_Davies%2C_and_Robbie_Williams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Gracey, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Better Man.](https://film.one/media/person/10227/gallery-7d2e600e9e4d.jpg) Michael Gracey, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Better Man. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michael_Gracey_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Michael_Gracey_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Gracey](https://film.one/media/person/10227/gallery-2ad8036466db.jpg) Michael Gracey — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Michael_Gracey_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Gracey_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Gracey, director, interviewing at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Better Man.](https://film.one/media/person/10227/gallery-cfe7014ec5ae.jpg) Michael Gracey, director, interviewing at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Better Man. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Michael_Gracey_interviewing_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Michael_Gracey_interviewing_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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