F. Gary Gray

Felix Gary Gray (amezaliwa 17 Julai, 1969) ni mwongozaji wa filamu, mtayarishaji wa filamu, mwongozaji wa video za muziki na mwigizaji kutoka nchini Marekani. Gray ameongoza Friday, Set It Off, The Negotiator, The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton, vilevile The Fate of the Furious ya mwaka wa 2017.

F. Gary Gray
Gray at ComicCon, 2015
Amezaliwa	17 Julai 1969 (1969-07-17)
Kazi yake	Mwongozaji wa filamu, mtayarishaji wa filamu, mwongozaji wa muziki wa video, mwigizaji
Miaka ya kazi	1989–hadi sasa

Maisha na kazi

Gray ni mzaliwa wa mjini New York. Alianza kazi yake mnamo mwaka wa 1989 aliponekana katika filamu ya vichekesho Major League. Miaka mitatu baadaye, akaongoza video ya muziki ya Ice Cube "It Was a Good Day". Video ni gezeo la mashairi yake. Hatimaye baadaye akawa muongozaji mzuri tu wa video zingine kutoka kwa Ice Cube, vilevile wasanii wengine kama vile Cypress Hill, Outkast, Dr. Dre, na Queen Latifah.

Akiwa na umri wa miaka 24, Gray akaongoza filamu filamu yake ya kwanza, vichekesho vya mjini Friday akiwa na rapa-mwigizaji Ice Cube na Chris Tucker. Baadaye akaja kuongoza filamu ya Set It Off, akiwa na Jada Pinkett na Queen Latifah. Kisha akaongoza The Negotiator, ambayo imechezwa na mshindi wa tuzo za Acadamy Kevin Spacey na mmoja wa waliowahi kushindanishwa katika tuzo za Academy Award-Samuel L. Jackson, na hapo ndipo alipopata tuzo-2 ya mwongozaji na filamu bora 1998 katika Tamasha la Filamu la Acapulco.

Gray pia aliongoza filamu ya The Italian Job, filamu ya kusisimu iliyochezwa na mshindi wa Tuzo za Academy Charlize Theron na mtajwa kwenye tuzo hizo Mark Wahlberg. Gray alipata kusifika kama mwongozaji bora wa filamu hiyo mwaka wa 2004 katika Tamasha la Filamu la Wamarekani Weusi, ambayo ilivuka dola milioni $100 katika box office ya nchini humo.

Filamu yake iliyofuata ilikuwa A Man Apart, a filamu ya kusisimua na fujo ndani yake ilichezwa na Vin Diesel. Baadaye akaongoza Be Cool, gezo lingine la riwaya ya Elmore Leonard yenye jina hilohilo Be Cool. Sifa kubwa alipata John Travolta, lakini filamu imeingiza kiasi cha dola za Kimarekani milioni 95.2 dunia nzima.

Filamu engine iliyofuata ilikuwa Law Abiding Citizen, iliyochezwa na nyota mshindi wa Tuzo za Academy Jamie Foxx na Gerard Butler. Muswaada andishi uliandikwa na Kurt Wimmer, na imeingiza dola za Kimarekani milioni 100 kwa hesabu ya dunia nzima.

Gray pia anahusika kwa kuongoza video za muziki mbalimbali. Alipata kufanya kazi na TLC, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, Babyface, na Jay-Z, na wengine wengi.

Gray alipata tuzo ya The Ivan Dixon Award of Achievement kutoka kwa Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center na kutajwa kama “50 Best and Brightest African Americans Under 40” (yaani, Vijana Bora 50 wa Wamarekani Weusi Waliochini ya Miaka 40) na jarida la Black Enterprise. Vilevile alitunukiwa tuzo ya heshima na African American Film Critics Association kwa toleo lao mahususi la mwaka wa 2004 lililoitwa Special Achievement Award na alitambuliwa na "Artist Empowerment Coalition with the Artist Empowerment Award" katika mwaka huohuo. Vilevile alipata tuzo ya Pioneer Director kutoka kwa Pan-African Film and Arts Festival mnamo 2010.

Vilevile ameongoza igizo bab-kubwa la Straight Outta Compton, ambayo ilikuwa filamu ya wasifu wa kundi la rap maarufu kama N.W.A.

Gray alichaguliwa kama mwongozaji wa filamu ya The Fate of the Furious ambayo itatoka tarehe 14 Aprili, 2017.

Filmografia

Filamu alizoshiriki

Mwaka	Filamu	Mwongozaji	Mtayarishaji	Mengineyo	Maelezo
1995	Friday	Ndiyo	Hapana	Ndiyo	Cameo as “Black Man at Store”
1996	Set It Off	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Gangster talking to Cleo in the lowrider
1998	The Negotiator	Ndiyo	Hapana	Hapana
1999	Ryan Caulfield: Year One	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Hapana	Television pilot
2003	The Italian Job	Ndiyo	Hapana	Hapana
	A Man Apart	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Hapana
2005	Be Cool	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Hapana
2009	Law Abiding Citizen	Ndiyo	Hapana	Hapana
2015	The Sea of Trees	Hapana	Ndiyo	Hapana
	Straight Outta Compton	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Ndiyo	Cameo as “Greg Mack”
2017	The Fate of the Furious	Ndiyo	Hapana	Hapana
2019	Men in Black: International	Ndiyo	Hapana

Anaoshirikiana nao mara kwa mara

Mwigizaji	Friday (1995)	Set It Off (1996)	The Negotiator (1998)	A Man Apart (2003)	The Italian Job (2003)	Be Cool (2005)	Straight Outta Compton (2015)	The Fate of the Furious (2017)	Jumla
Ice Cube	N						NProducer		2
Vin Diesel				N				N	2
Paul Giamatti			N				N		2
Seth Green					N	N			2
Anna Maria Horsford	N	N							2
Dwayne Johnson						N		N	2
Jason Statham					N			N	2
Charlize Theron					N			N	2

Video za muziki

• "It Was a Good Day" wa Ice Cube (1992)
• "Call Me a Mack" wa Usher (1993)
• "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" wa Cypress Hill (1993)
• "When The Ship Goes Down" wa Cypress Hill (1993)
• "Truthful" wa Heavy D (1993)
• "Fantastic Voyage" wa Coolio (1993)
• "Natural Born Killaz" wa Dr. Dre and Ice Cube (1994)
• "Saturday Nite Live" by Masta Ace Incorporated (1994)
• "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" wa OutKast (1994)
• "Black Hand Side" wa Queen Latifah (1994)
• "Keep Their Heads Ringin" wa Dr. Dre (1995)
• "Pretty Girl" wa Jon B. (1995)
• "Come On" wa Barry White (1995)
• "I Believe In You And Me" wa Whitney Houston (1995)
• "Waterfalls" wa TLC (1995)
• "Diggin' On You" wa TLC (1995)
• "How Come, How Long" wa Babyface (1996)
• "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" wa R. Kelly (1999)
• "Ms. Jackson" wa OutKast (2000)
• "Bang Bang Boom" wa Drag-On (2004)
• "Show Me What You Got" wa Jay-Z (2006)
• "Super High" wa Rick Ross (2010)

Viungo vya Nje

• F. Gary Gray at the Internet Movie Database