---
name: "Raynold Gideon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raynold-gideon"
fi1m_id: "raynold-gideon"
imdb_id: "nm0317279"
tmdb_id: 3029
wikidata_id: "Q19404856"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T04:28:08.377581+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."
---

# Raynold Gideon

## Identity

Raynold Gideon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raynold-gideon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raynold-gideon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317279
- **TMDB ID:** 3029
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19404856
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19404856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3029

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1950 in Gesgapegiag, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Gesgapegiag, Quebec, Canada
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Bruce A. Evans](https://film.one/person/bruce-a-evans.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19404856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3029

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Stand by Me*](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Starman*](https://film.one/film/starman.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Raynold Gideon is a screenwriter, producer and occasional actor. He began appearing in television and film roles in the late 1960s. With writing partner Bruce A. Evans he received an Academy Award nomination for the 1972 short *Frog Story*.

Gideon and Evans wrote the screenplay for *Stand by Me* (1986), adapted from Stephen King's novella *The Body*, and served as producers on the film; it earned them a further Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Their other screenwriting credits include *Starman* (1984), *Made in Heaven* (1987), *Kuffs* (1992), *Cutthroat Island* (1995) and *Mr. Brooks* (2007).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, sun-sentinel.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Stand by Me* (1986), Fi1m 88, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md)
- *Starman* (1984), Fi1m 77, Associate Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Gardens of the Night* (2008), as Judge Feeney
- *Mr. Brooks* (2007), Screenplay, Producer
- *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), Screenplay
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), Story
- *Assassins* (1995), Producer
- *Kuffs* (1992), Producer, Writer
- *Made in Heaven* (1987), as Mr. Packert · Writer, Producer
- *Stand by Me* (1986), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md)
- *Lost in America* (1985), as Ray
- *Starman* (1984), Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *A Man, a Woman and a Bank* (1979), Story, Screenplay
- *Love and Bullets* (1979), as Counsel
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Tuner Watson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *The Clones* (1973), as Fred Kalif
- *Frog Story* (1972), as Harry · Associate Producer, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1987: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Stand by Me*
- 1973: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Frog Story*

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

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