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Gary Novak(I)

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  • Director
  • Actor
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Gary Novak was born in 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Watchmen (2009), Smokin' Aces (2006) and La La Land (2016).
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    • Known for

    Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)
    Watchmen
    7.6
    • Music Department
    • 2009
    Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
    Smokin' Aces
    6.6
    • Music Department
    • 2006
    La La Land (2016)
    La La Land
    8.0
    • Music Department
    • 2016
    Abhishek Bachchan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Inayat Verma, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pearle Maaney, Sanya Malhotra, and Rohit Saraf in Ludo (2020)
    Ludo
    7.6
    • Music Department
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, and Danielle Brooks in The Color Purple (2023)
      The Color Purple
      6.8
      • featured musician
      • 2023
    • Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Josh Sharp, Bowen Yang, and Aaron Jackson in Dicks: The Musical (2023)
      Dicks: The Musical
      5.3
      • drums
      • 2023
    • Margot Robbie in Babylon (2022)
      Babylon
      7.1
      • musician: drums (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Abhishek Bachchan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Inayat Verma, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pearle Maaney, Sanya Malhotra, and Rohit Saraf in Ludo (2020)
      Ludo
      7.6
      • drums
      • 2020
    • La La Land (2016)
      La La Land
      8.0
      • musician: drums
      • 2016
    • Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in The Intern (2015)
      The Intern
      7.1
      • musician: drums
      • 2015
    • Market Hours (2014)
      Market Hours
      6.6
      Short
      • musician: drums
      • 2014
    • Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Daniel Bristol in Sucker Punch (2011)
      Sucker Punch
      6.1
      • musician: drums (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)
      Watchmen
      7.6
      • musician: percussion & taiko & drums
      • 2009
    • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
      The Day the Earth Stood Still
      5.5
      • musician: percussion group (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
      Smokin' Aces
      6.6
      • musician: drums, The Smokin' Band
      • 2006
    • William H. Macy and Maria Bello in The Cooler (2003)
      The Cooler
      6.9
      • musician: guitar (uncredited)
      • 2003

    Director

    • Sweet 16 (2015)
      Sweet 16
      • co-director
      • 2015
    • Undocumented
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2013
    • Alanis Morissette: Still (1999)
      Alanis Morissette: Still
      4.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1999

    Actor

    • Classholes (2011)
      Classholes
      TV Series
      • Harry Childs
      • 2011
    • Scott's Dead
      6.2
      Short
      • Extra (uncredited)
      • 2010
    • Alanis Morissette: Still (1999)
      Alanis Morissette: Still
      4.4
      Music Video
      • Gary Novak
      • 1999

    Personal details

    • Born
      • 1969
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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