Gore Verbinski
Birthdate: Mar 16, 1964
Birthplace: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Gore Verbinski (birthname: Gregor Justin “Gore” Verbinski) is an Oscar-winning American filmmaker who has displayed versatility in both animated and live-action dramas and comedies, launching his filmmaking career as a music video director working with punk rock bands (including Bad Religion) and a commercials director (including the acclaimed, Clio-winning Budweiser ad campaign starring croaking frogs).
Verbinski debuted as a big-screen filmmaker as director of the black comedy and first family film released by DreamWorks Pictures, Mouse Hunt (1997), starring Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Maury Chaykin, and Christopher Walken, written by Adam Rifkin, and grossing a robust $125.4 million globally (based on estimated costs).
Verbinski wasthe director of the mega-starring crime comedy, The Mexican (2001), co-starring Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, with James Gandolfini, Bob Balaban, J.K. Simmons, David Krumholtz, Sherman Augustus, Gene Hackman, and Ernesto Gomez Cruz, and grossed a solid $147.8 million for distributor DreamWorks Pictures (based on estimated costs). Verbinski directed his third commercial hit for DreamWorks Pictures and the first movie in the American-produced remake of the Japanese horror series, The Ring (2002)—a remake of Hideo Nakata’s 1998 movie and of Koji Suzuki’s 1991 novel—starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander and Amber Tamblyn, produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, and which earned an excellent $249.3 million worldwide (based on estimated expenses).
Gore Verbinski became the go-to director of the Pirates of the Caribbean series with the breakaway Jerry Bruckheimer-produced hit The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Pryce, followed by the Pirates of Caribbean sequels Dead Man’s Chest (2006), with new cast members Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy and Jack Davenport; and At World’s End (2007), with new cast members Chow Yun-fat, and grossing a cumulative $2.67 billion for Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Verbinski took a departure from the Pirates juggernaut to direct the Chicago-based comedy-drama, The Weather Man (2005), starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Michael Rispoli and Gil Bellows, produced by Todd Black, Steve Tisch and Jason Blumenthal, and which lost money for distributor Paramount Pictures with a $19 million box office (based on estimated costs).
Verbinski won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and took on his first fully-animated feature as director/co-writer/producer of the Western comedy, Rango (2011), co-written by John Logan and James Ward Byrkit, with the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone and Timothy Olyphant, and grossing $246 million worldwide for distributor Paramount Pictures via Nickleodeon Movies, and whose success prompted the creation of Paramount Animation. Verbinski reunited with his Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer and continued with his Pirates star Depp as director/producer of his first commercial bomb, The Lone Ranger (2013), co-starring Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale and Helena Bonham Carter, delivering a poor $260.5 million for distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (based on its estimated budget).
Gore Verbinski was director/producer/story writer of the psychological horror movie, A Cure for Wellness (2016), written by Justin Haythe and inspired by Thomas Mann’s 1924 novel, The Magic Mountain, starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Harry Groener, Celia Imrie and Adrian Schiller, and which lost money ($26.6 million worldwide) for producers Regency Enterprises/Blind Wink Productions/New Regency Productions and distributor 20th Century Fox. Verbinski was director/producer of the U.S./Germany/South Africa-backed sci-fi comedy set in a future Los Angeles, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026), starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Pena, Zazie Beetz and Juno Temple, launching at Fantastic Fest and released wide by Briarcliff Entertainment (U.S.)/Constantin Film (Germany).
Personal life
Gore Verbinski was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and then in La Jolla, California, by his parents, Laurette and Victor (a nuclear physicist). Verbinski attended Torrey Pines Elementary School, Muirlands Junior High School, and La Jolla High School, from which he graduated in 1982. Verbinski studied filmmaking at UCLA, from which he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the UCLA Film and Television School. Verbinski is married to Clayton Verbinski; the couple has two children. Verbinski’s height is 6’ 1”. Verbinski’s estimated net worth is $130 million.
Known For
Rango
(2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
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- 2026 |
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE follows a man (Sam Rockwell) claiming to be from the future who takes the patrons of an iconic Los Angeles diner hostage in search of unlikely recruits in a quest to save the world.
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- 2017 |
A Cure for Wellness
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
- 2013 |
The Lone Ranger
Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
- 2011 |
- 2007 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Hector Barbossa, and the crew of the Black Pearl try and rescue Jack from davy jones locker and prepare to fight Lord Cutler Beckett, who controls Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman.
- 2006 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
- 2003 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
- 2002 |
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Facts About Gore Verbinski
Rocker: Gore Verbinski was a musician before he was a filmmaker, playing guitar with punk bands The Little Kings, Bulldozer, The Drivers, The Cylon Boys Choir, and The Daredevils, with bandmates Brett Gurewitz (later with Bad Religion) and Josh Freese (The Vandals).
Admission: “I think,” Verbinski has commented, “that when you remake a movie you try not to mess it up.”
Influences: Gore Verbinski has noted that the biggest influences on him as a youth were Franz Kafka’s story The Metamorphosis and Black Sabbath’s album Master of Reality.
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