Gavin O’Connor trivia: 33 facts about the filmmaker

Gavin O’Connor is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the films Warrior and The Accountant.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far.

1. Gavin O’Connor was born on October 30, 1964
2. He is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, and actor
3. He is best known for directing the films Miracle, Warrior and The Accountant
4. Gavin O’Connor was raised in Huntington, New York, on Long Island
5. He wrote and produced Ted Demme’s directorial debut, the short film The Bet
6. Three years later, he made his own feature film co–writing and directing debut with Comfortably Numb
7. The film was about the moral dilemmas facing a Connecticut preppie-turned-New York City prosecutor
8. The film was screened at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Boston Film Festival
9. O’Connor then turned to the stage, producing, writing, and starring in the Off-Broadway play Rumblings of a Romance Renaissance in 1997
10. At the same time, O’Connor began work on a screenplay based on then-wife Angela Shelton’s memories of her childhood spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother
11. Impressed by Tony Award-winning British actress Janet McTeer’s appearance on Charlie Rose’s talk show in 1997
12. He was determined to cast her in what had become Tumbleweeds (in which he co-starred)
13. He and Shelton were forced to finance the film themselves after being unable to find backers
14. The movie won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival
15. McTeer’s performance earned her a Golden Globe as Best Actress and Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations in the same category
16. Kimberly J. Brown, cast as her pre-teen daughter, won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance
17. After serving as executive producer of several smaller, independent projects, O’Connor directed Walt Disney Pictures’ Miracle (2004)
18. A film about the United States hockey team’s victory in the 1980 Winter Olympics
19. He also produced the HBO Film, The Smashing Machine
20. O’Connor filmed the MMA film Warrior, for which he wrote the screenplay and directed
21. The film received a 2011 release, through Lions Gate Entertainment
22. In 2013, O’Connor was working on adapting the novel The Hustler into a stage play
23. In April 2013, he signed on to direct Jane Got a Gun
24. He executive produced and directed the pilot episode of the FX series The Americans
25. He directed and produced the pilot episode of the Netflix series Seven Seconds
26. In June 2014, O’Connor was set to direct his upcoming action-adventure film, Massacre in the Himalayas
27. Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang Productions will produce about the murder of ten climbers and the local Pakistani cook who are intent on conquering the K2 summit
28. He directed the WWII drama Atlantic Wall, starring Bradley Cooper
29. On September 6, 2017, O’Connor landed the role of director and writer of The Suicide Squad
30. By October, O’Connor had exited the project due to his story treatment reportedly being identical to Birds of Prey
31. As well as his commitments to Torrance
32. O’Connor married actress/model Brooke Burns on June 22, 2013
33. He was previously married to Angela Shelton