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Gary S. Rake

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Additional Crew
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Gary S. Rake was born in Santa Monica, California, USA. Gary S. is an assistant director and production manager, known for War of the Worlds (2005), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Let's Be Cops (2014).
BornSeptember 7
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    Known for

    Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Michael Kevin Walker, Ed Vassallo, Michael Arthur, Becky Ann Baker, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, John Michael Bolger, Justin Chatwin, Robert Cicchini, Vito D'Ambrosio, Marianne Ebert, John Eddins, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Franzese, Peter Gerety, Stephen Gevedon, Rick Gonzalez, Jim Hanna, Danny Hoch, Amy Hohn, Tracy Howe, Omar Jermaine, Erika LaVonn, Adam Lazarre-White, Mark Manley, Mariann Mayberry, Sharrieff Pugh, Ana Maria Quintana, Zoe Quist, Ann Robinson, Amy Ryan, Camillia Monet, John Scurti, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Jerry Walsh, Lisa Ann Walter, Christopher Evan Welch, Julie White, Marlon Young, Dan Ziskie, David Harbour, Michael Stanton, Lisa Waters, Michael Brownlee, GoGo Toucette, Rafael Sardina, Stacy Ann Wilkins, Patrick Tierney, Ty Simpkins, Ed Schiff, Channing Tatum, David Conley, Tommy Guiffre, Michael Waldron, Athena Stamos, January LaVoy, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, Mark Valinsky, Lorelei Llee, Daniel Eric Gold, Ellen Barry, Roz Abrams, Kenneth Wright, Nicole Signore, Tasciotti, Johnny Torres, Rochelle Warner, Joseph Benjamin Stewart, Terry Ward, Tracy Lee Staton, Jessica Anne Taylor, Mike Yedwab, and William G. Stowell in War of the Worlds (2005)
    War of the Worlds
    6.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2005
    Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    8.3
    • Additional Crew
    • 2004
    Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, Nina Dobrev, and Libby Blake in Let's Be Cops (2014)
    Let's Be Cops
    6.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 2014
    Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
    A Beautiful Mind
    8.2
    • Additional Crew
    • 2001

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Kim Dickens and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
      Fear the Walking Dead
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Gary Rake)
      • 2021–2022
    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, and Ryan Guzman in 9-1-1 (2018)
      9-1-1
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Gary Rake)
      • 2021–2022
    • Janelle Monáe in Homecoming (2018)
      Homecoming
      7.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Paul James, Jenna Dewan, and Callie Hernandez in Soundtrack (2019)
      Soundtrack
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Gary Rake)
      • 2019
    • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
      The Orville
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017–2019
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016–2018
    • Talia Jackson and Jay Jay Warren in Raised by Wolves (2017)
      Raised by Wolves
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
      Bones
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Of Kings and Prophets (2016)
      Of Kings and Prophets
      6.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Noah Reid in Kevin from Work (2015)
      Kevin from Work
      6.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, and Donald Glover in Community (2009)
      Community
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Gary Rake)
      • 2015
    • Ron Perlman, Jimmy Smits, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie, Kim Coates, Rockmond Dunbar, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Michael Ornstein, Emilio Rivera, Theo Rossi, McNally Sagal, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Maggie Siff, David Labrava, Chris Reed, Ryder Londo, and Rusty Coones in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
      Sons of Anarchy
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Gary Rake)
      • 2014
    • Heather Locklear, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Breckin Meyer in Franklin & Bash (2011)
      Franklin & Bash
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second unit director
      • 2012–2014
    • Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, Nina Dobrev, and Libby Blake in Let's Be Cops (2014)
      Let's Be Cops
      6.4
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2014

    Production Manager

    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2022–2025
    • Richard Gere, Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Seann William Scott, Anna Faris, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Emma Stone, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Movie 43 (2013)
      Movie 43
      4.4
      • unit production manager (segments "Homeschooled", "iBabe", as Gary Rake)
      • 2013

    Additional Crew

    • Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
      Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
      8.3
      • production assistant
      • 2004
    • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
      Sex and the City
      7.4
      TV Series
      • production staff
      • production assistant
      • 2002–2004
    • Oliver Platt, Annabella Sciorra, Robert Loggia, and L. Scott Caldwell in Queens Supreme (2003)
      Queens Supreme
      7.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2003
    • Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
      Sweet Home Alabama
      6.2
      • production assistant: New York
      • 2002
    • John Turturro and Brad Beyer in Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
      Monday Night Mayhem
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2002
    • Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
      A Beautiful Mind
      8.2
      • production assistant
      • 2001
    • The Shaft (2001)
      The Shaft
      4.7
      • production assistant
      • 2001
    • Hamlet (2000)
      Hamlet
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 2000
    • Promo Poster
      Finding Forrester
      7.3
      • production assistant
      • 2000
    • Adam Goldberg, Rick Hoffman, and Tom Everett Scott in The $treet (2000)
      The $treet
      7.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2000–2001

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Gary Rake
    • Born
      • September 7
      • Santa Monica, California, USA

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      Brother of writer and TV Showrunner, Jeff Rake.
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      First you roll....then you cut

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