Biografie

3. November 1956 · Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA

Son of Arthur A. Ross

Father of twins: a daughter named Claudia, and a son named Jack.

Has completed writing the script "Sea Biscuit", which he will soon produce and direct. Has completed another script "Dog Years", which is currently on hold.

Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.

[on minimizing the use of special effects in directing Die Tribute von Panem - The Hunger Games (2012)] We would be doing exactly what the Capitol is doing if we used 3D. We'd be exploiting what the book condemns: a mediacentric society where entertainment in that culture devolves into spectacle, and that spectacle evolves into political control.