Richard Gray is an

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, writer, and film producer.

Biography

Raised in

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, Australia, Gray at age 15 began making short films and working in movie theaters in towns including Forest Hill and

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, eventually moving up to

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. He earned a

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in film from

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's Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television in 2003. After writing the script for the romantic drama ''Summer Coda'' in 2004, he spent six years developing and seeking financing for the feature while working in television, including producing and directing the Lifestyle Channel cooking show ''Stefano’s Cooking Paradiso'', starring Stefano de Pieri. In 2005, the script was runner-up in the

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screenwriting competition '' Project Greenlight Australia''. He eventually completed ''Summer Coda'', which was released theatrically in 2010, and has gone on to make four additional features, primarily

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, through 2016.

Personal life

Richard Gray was married to his wife Michele in

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, Victoria, Australia, in 2009. Archive of text portion only. They have two children together.

Filmography

* ''Summer Coda'' (2010, director) * ''

Mine Games ''Mine Games'' (also known as ''The Evil Within'') is a 2012 American time-loop horror film directed by Richard Gray. It stars Joseph Cross, Briana Evigan, Julianna Guill, Rafi Gavron, Ethan Peck, Alex Meraz and Rebecca Da Costa. Plot A woma ...

'' (2012, director) * '' Blinder'' (2013, director, writer) * '' The Lookalike'' (2014, director, producer) * '' Sugar Mountain'' (2016, director, producer) * '' Broken Ghost'' (2018, director, producer) * ''

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'' (2019, director) * '' Murder at Yellowstone City'' (2022, director) * '' The Unholy Trinity'' (2024, director)

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