John Gatins

John Gatins born April 16 1968 is an American actor screenwriter and director He was born in New York City attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York and pursued a career in acting After appearing in many lowerbudget films he got some bigger roles in Varsity Blues 1999 and Big Fat Liar 2002 Jeremy Kramer an employee at Fox that Gatins was close with paid him 1000 to write a teen comedy That sparked his career in screenwriting His first film that he wrote was Summer Catch 2001 Later on he got to write some bigger budget films like Coach Carter 2005 Dreamer 2005 and Flight 2012 He would then get nominated at the Academy Awards for best original screenplay for the movie Flight