Andre Gaines

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Andre Gaines
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Andre Gaines at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 19, 2021.
Born
Toledo, Ohio
OccupationFilm producer

Andre Gaines is an American film producer, director and financier. [1] He produced and directed The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021) for Showtime, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He also executive produced the critically-acclaimed HBO documentary series The Lady and the Dale. [2]

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Early life and education

Gaines was born in Toledo, Ohio. [3] He received a dual major in chemistry and journalism from Northwestern University, and an MFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [4]

Career

In 2020, Gaines produced the reboot of Stephen King’s Children of the Corn in Queensland, Australia. The project was one of only two movies filming at the time amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic shut down. The protocols set forth by Gaines, producer Lucas Foster, and other crew served as the guidebook for all filming during the pandemic. [5]

Gains founded Cinemation Studios in 2007. In 2022, Gains and his production company signed with UTA. [6]

Filmography

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