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Herbert W. Gains

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Production Manager
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Herbert W. Gains is known for Watchmen (2009), Dune: Part One (2021) and Non-Stop (2014).
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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
    • Producer
    • 2009
    Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune: Part One (2021)
    Dune: Part One
    8.0
    • Producer
    • 2021
    Liam Neeson in Non-Stop (2014)
    Non-Stop
    6.9
    • Producer
    • 2014
    Jet Li and DMX in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
    Cradle 2 the Grave
    5.8
    • Producer
    • 2003

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Daylight (1996)
      Daylight
      6.0
      • first assistant director
      • 1996
    • DragonHeart (1996)
      DragonHeart
      6.4
      • first assistant director
      • 1996
    • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)
      Natural Born Killers
      7.2
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1994
    • Tommy Lee Jones in Heaven & Earth (1993)
      Heaven & Earth
      6.8
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1993
    • Jason Scott Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
      Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
      7.0
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1993
    • ...And Then She Was Gone (1991)
      ...And Then She Was Gone
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1991
    • Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, James Le Gros, and John Philbin in Point Break (1991)
      Point Break
      7.3
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1991
    • Night of the Hunter (1991)
      Night of the Hunter
      3.9
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1991
    • Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton, and Matthew Modine in Pacific Heights (1990)
      Pacific Heights
      6.4
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1990
    • Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver in Blue Steel (1990)
      Blue Steel
      5.8
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1990
    • Rock Hudson (1990)
      Rock Hudson
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1990
    • Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin in Sea of Love (1989)
      Sea of Love
      6.8
      • first assistant director: New York (as Herb Gaines)
      • 1989
    • Stacey Dash, Matt LeBlanc, Teri Polo, Alex Désert, and Sam Robards in TV 101 (1988)
      TV 101
      7.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1988–1989
    • Kansas (1988)
      Kansas
      5.5
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1988
    • Dirty Dancing (1987)
      Dirty Dancing
      7.1
      • first assistant director (as Herb Gains)
      • 1987

    Producer

    • Bad Blood
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Souheila Yacoub in Dune: Part Two (2024)
      Dune: Part Two
      8.4
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Mark Burnham in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
      Texas Chainsaw Massacre
      4.7
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune: Part One (2021)
      Dune: Part One
      8.0
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
      Godzilla vs. Kong
      6.3
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Gerard Butler and Talitha Eliana Bateman in Geostorm (2017)
      Geostorm
      5.4
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
      Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall in The Judge (2014)
      The Judge
      7.4
      • executive producer (as Herb Gains)
      • 2014
    • Liam Neeson in Non-Stop (2014)
      Non-Stop
      6.9
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Lee Byung-hun, Elodie Yung, Channing Tatum, and Adrianne Palicki in G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
      G.I. Joe: Retaliation
      5.7
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ryan Reynolds, and Mark Strong in Green Lantern (2011)
      Green Lantern
      5.5
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)
      Watchmen
      7.6
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)
      The Brave One
      6.7
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • The Reaping (2007)
      The Reaping
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2007
    • House of Wax (2005)
      House of Wax
      5.5
      • executive producer
      • 2005
    • Brittany Murphy and Ron Livingston in Little Black Book (2004)
      Little Black Book
      5.4
      • executive producer
      • 2004

    Production Management

    • Helena Bonham Carter, Henry Cavill, Susan Wokoma, Adeel Akhtar, Sam Claflin, Millie Bobby Brown, and Louis Partridge in Enola Holmes (2020)
      Enola Holmes
      6.6
      • executive vice president of production: Legendary Entertainment
      • 2020
    • Dwayne Johnson in Skyscraper (2018)
      Skyscraper
      5.8
      • executive vice president of production: Legendary Entertainment
      • 2018
    • Liam Neeson in Non-Stop (2014)
      Non-Stop
      6.9
      • unit production manager
      • 2014
    • Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)
      Watchmen
      7.6
      • unit production manager
      • 2009
    • Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)
      The Brave One
      6.7
      • unit production manager
      • 2007
    • House of Wax (2005)
      House of Wax
      5.5
      • unit production manager (as Herb Gains)
      • 2005
    • Brittany Murphy and Ron Livingston in Little Black Book (2004)
      Little Black Book
      5.4
      • unit production manager
      • 2004
    • Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris in Radio (2003)
      Radio
      6.9
      • unit production manager
      • 2003
    • Jet Li and DMX in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
      Cradle 2 the Grave
      5.8
      • unit production manager: second unit (as Herb Gains)
      • 2003
    • Colin Hanks and Jack Black in Orange County (2002)
      Orange County
      6.2
      • unit production manager
      • 2002
    • Keanu Reeves, A. Delon Ellis Jr., Julian Griffith, Bryan Hearne, Michael B. Jordan, Kris D. Lofton, Michael Perkins, Brian M. Reed, and DeWayne Warren in Hardball (2001)
      Hardball
      6.4
      • unit production manager (as Herb Gains)
      • 2001
    • Matthew Lillard, Jessica Biel, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Marc Blucas in Summer Catch (2001)
      Summer Catch
      5.1
      • unit production manager
      • 2001
    • Promo Poster
      Ready to Rumble
      5.4
      • unit production manager (as Herb Gains)
      • 2000
    • Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope in Popular (1999)
      Popular
      7.4
      TV Series
      • unit production manager (as Herb Gains)
      • 1999
    • James Van Der Beek, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Amy Smart, Ron Lester, Eliel Swinton, and Paul Walker in Varsity Blues (1999)
      Varsity Blues
      6.5
      • unit production manager
      • 1999

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