Dreamer (2005 film) was the highest grossing film John Gatins is part of.
 As he won small roles in larger-budget productions, including 1999's Varsity Blues and 2002's Big Fat Liar, Jeremy Kramer, a fellow Vassar grad and employee at Fox, paid him $1,000 to write a teen comedy by the name of Smells Like Teen Suicide
 While continuing to act, Gatins wrote Coach Carter which was released in 2005

