Gaylen Ross (born August 15, 1950)[1] is an American director, writer, producer and actress, best known for playing Francine Parker in the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead and also noted for directing the 2008 documentary Killing Kasztner.

Ross's company, GR Films, has produced Listen To Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman; Not Just Las Vegas, about the rise of nationwide gambling in the USA; To Russia For Love, about the Russian Mail-order bride business; Selling The Dream: Stock Hype and Fraud; Dealers Among Dealers and the Emmy Award-winning Blood Money: Switzerland's Nazi Gold.

Ross' other films include Dealers Among Dealers (1995)[7] Ross wrote Blood Money: Switzerland’s Nazi Gold (1997), co-produced with Stephen Crisman;[8] After Solidarity: Three Polish Families in America and Caris' Peace,[9] which documents film and stage actress Caris Corfman.

[11] With co-director Andy Cohen, projects in post-production include films on the Village Gate, and human rights activists.

Ross is collaborating with Cohen on Beijing Spring, a documentary about artistic freedom and the democracy movement between 1978 and 1982 in China.