Gary Foster
Producer |
A 1983 graduate of the University of Southern California. At the age of 25, he produced his first film, Short Circuit. In 1993, Foster produced the Oscar® and Golden Globe-nominated hit Sleepless in Seattle, which has become a classic.
He has produced Just Cause, The Amazing Panda Adventure, Big Bully, Tin Cup starring Kevin Costner, The Score, which brought together the talents of Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando.
In 2003, he began a series of three movies for Marvel Studios: Daredevil (Fox/New Regency) starring Ben Affleck, followed in 2005 by Elektra (Fox/New Regency) starring Jennifer Garner, and Ghost Rider (Sony) in 2006 starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes.
He produced THE SOLOIST starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. Gary Executive Produced the acclaimed series COMMUNITY for all 6 seasons. Other films include EMPEROR and MY OLD LADY. Foster produced the BAFTA nominated film DENIAL.
In 2020, Foster started HUMANITY ON SET, a program designed to educate and train filmmakers on leadership, communication and building positive culture on sets around the world. In 2023 FINESTKIND written and directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega and Tommy Lee Jones was released by Paramount +.
