Stephen Gaghan
American screenwriter and director · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1965 · age 61
Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Syriana which he wrote and directed.
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Steven Soderbergh Directed Traffic (2000), produced Syriana (2005)
Edward Zwick Produced Traffic and Abandon
Will McCormack Stephen directed Syriana and Abandon
Viola Davis Stephen directed Syriana (2006)
Benjamin Bratt Stephen directed Abandon (2002)
Tony Goldwyn Stephen directed Abandon (2002)
Bruce Greenwood Stephen directed Gold (2017)
Mark Feuerstein Stephen directed Abandon (2002)
Selena Gomez Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
George Clooney Stephen directed Syriana (2006)
Robert Downey Jr. Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
Christopher Plummer Stephen directed Syriana (2006)
Antonio Banderas Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
Emma Thompson Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
Ralph Fiennes Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
Rami Malek Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
Katie Holmes Stephen directed Abandon (2002)
William Hurt Stephen directed Syriana (2006)
Zooey Deschanel Stephen directed Abandon (2002)
Harvey Weinstein Produced Gold (2016)
Chris Cooper Stephen directed Syriana (2006)
Kumail Nanjiani Stephen directed Dolittle (2020)
Melanie Lynskey Stephen directed Abandon (2002)
Jeff Skoll Produced Syriana (2005)
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He also wrote and directed the thriller Abandon and the family film Dolittle, and directed the drama Gold.

