Gary has been making films since he was fourteen, but his official career began in editorial at Warner Brothers Hollywood in the late nineties.

In 2005, his first 35mm short film Wow and Flutter screened at more than forty film festivals world-wide, including Austin, AFI, Hamptons, Flickerfest and Gen Art in NYC. This success led to a feature film production — his award-winning baseball comedy Calvin Marshall (2010) starring Steve Zahn. He followed this with the tender drama Redwood Highway (2013) starring film legends Shirley Knight and Tom Skerritt.

Gary’s feature Phoenix, Oregon (2020) is a mid-life crisis comedy starring James Le Gros, Jesse Borrego and Lisa Edelstein. Variety called it “the sort of movie a lot of us need right now.” Joma Films shared online profits with shuttered movie theaters and film festivals after its 2020 theatrical release was canceled by the Covid-19 pandemic, making it the number one movie in America for three weeks.

Gary’s latest film Above the Trees enjoyed numerous festival screenings and theatrical engagements in 2024. Oregon ArtsWatch called it “part character study, part courtroom drama with just a hint of metaphysical sparkle.” And Willamette Week wrote, “…Lundgren traces a tragedy’s aftershocks and twists of fate. The crime drama depicts the steamrolling momentum of the legal system and shines an even brighter light on the fragile human lives held in its sway.” In his forthcoming guide book Films for Spiritual Inspiration, Timothy Conway PhD. called Above the Trees “a nuanced work of subtle yet deeply touching power.” Coming to digital platforms and BluRay in March 2025.