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Seth Gordon

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Seth Gordon

Born July 20, 1974 in Evanston, Illinois, USA9 films

Seth Gordon has produced and edited the critically lauded films NEW YORK DOLL and CRY WOLF, which grossed $10m at the US box office, and was the cinematographer on the Oscar-nominated SHUT UP AND SING.

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Most recently, Seth directed the critically acclaimed THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS. The film was noted on a host of critics; and publicationsʼ Best of the Year lists. He is currently set to direct HORRIBLE BOSSES starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and Kevin Spacey. Seth is an honors graduate of Yale University, winner of an Oxford University writing fellowship and alumni of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. He has also produced documentaries for PBS, the Gates Foundation and the UN.

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Horrible Bosses posterFirst watchHorrible Bosses20116.6For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Baywatch poster6.1Baywatch2017Identity Thief poster5.9Identity Thief2013The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters poster7.7The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters2007Back in Action poster6.4Back in Action2025Four Christmases poster5.8Four Christmases2008Freakonomics poster6.1Freakonomics2010

Filmography

9 films as director
  1. TBAGround Control to Major TomDirector
  2. 2026Under the Rainbow: The Curious Crimes of the Ruby SlippersDirector
  3. 2025Back in ActionDirector
  4. 2017BaywatchDirector
  5. 2013Identity ThiefDirector
  6. 2011Horrible BossesDirector
  7. 2010FreakonomicsDirector
  8. 2008Four ChristmasesDirector
  9. 2007The King of Kong: A Fistful of QuartersDirector