# John Gray (director)

John Gray is an American writer, director, producer. He is the creator of the CBS television series Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. He has written and directed feature movies as well.
Gray has written and directed many movies for television, such as the remake of the 1976 telefilm Helter Skelter, Martin and Lewis, The Hunley, The Day Lincoln Was Shot, and several Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.
He directed the ABC original series Empire.

## Filmography
### Film

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Title | Year | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
| Footlights and Flatfeet | 1984 | Yes | No | Yes | Also actor |
| Billy Galvin | 1986 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Born to Be Wild | 1995 | Yes | No | No | |
| The Glimmer Man | 1996 | Yes | No | No | |
| White Irish Drinkers | 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| French Kiss | 2015 | Yes | No | Yes | Short film |
| The Desecrated | 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| Extra Innings | 2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| Household Demons | 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| Exit Package | 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| Welcome to Forever | 2021 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories | 2021 | No | No | No | Documentary Executive producer |
| The Little Drummer Boy | 2021 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| The Third Defector | 2022 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |

### Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Network | Notes |
| Title | Year | Creator | Director | Writer | Executive producer | Network | Notes |
| Powerhouse | 1983 | No | Yes (1) | No | No | PBS | |
| Monsters | 1989 | No | Yes (1) | No | No | Syndicated | |
| When He's Not a Stranger | 1989 | | Yes | Teleplay | No | CBS | Television film |
| The Lost Capone | 1990 | | Yes | Yes | No | TNT | Television film |
| The Marla Hanson Story | 1991 | | Yes | Story and teleplay | No | NBC | Television film |
| An American Story | 1992 | | Yes | Story and teleplay | No | CBS | Hallmark Hall of Fame television film |
| A Place for Annie | 1994 | | Yes | No | No | ABC | Hallmark Hall of Fame television film |
| Sleep, Baby, Sleep | 1995 | | No | Teleplay | No | ABC | Television film |
| The Day Lincoln Was Shot | 1998 | | Yes | Teleplay | No | TNT | Television film |
| The Hunley | 1999 | | Yes | Story and teleplay | No | TNT | Television film |
| Haven | 2001 | | Yes | No | No | CBS | Television film |
| Brian's Song | 2001 | | Yes | Teleplay | No | ABC | Television film |
| The Seventh Stream | 2001 | | Yes | Yes | No | CBS | Hallmark Hall of Fame television film Co-executive producer |
| Martin and Lewis | 2002 | | Yes | Yes | No | CBS | Television film |
| Helter Skelter | 2004 | | Yes | Yes | No | CBS | Television film |
| Empire | 2005 | No | Yes (2) | No | No | ABC | |
| Ghost Whisperer | 2005–10 | Yes | Yes (14) | Yes (18) | Yes | CBS | Executive producer (seasons 1–3) |
| Hide | 2011 | | Yes | No | No | TNT | Mystery Movie Night television film |
| The Makeover | 2013 | | Yes | No | No | ABC | Hallmark Hall of Fame television film |
| Reckless | 2014 | No | Yes (3) | No | No | CBS | Co-executive producer |
| Grimm | 2014, 2017 | No | Yes (2) | No | No | NBC | |
| The Family | 2016 | No | Yes (2) | No | No | ABC | Co-executive producer |
| Gone | 2017 | No | Yes (2) | No | No | TF1 | |