- Gregory Orr
Gregory Orr (born
1954 ,Los Angeles ) is an American writer/director of documentary and fiction films. He is the son of the late actressJoy Page and the late TV producerWilliam T. Orr . He attendedBoston University and theCalifornia Institute of the Arts , where he studied under film directorAlexander Mackendrick ("The Man in the White Suit ", "Sweet Smell of Success ").He began his career sweeping the floor of a special effects company that made
Pillsbury Doughboy commercials and moved on to become a production manager and cinematographer. In 1993 he produced his first documentary, a feature-length biography of his grandfather, movie pioneerJack Warner .He is an
Emmy Award nominee whose films have investigated the New York State parole system -- '-- the life of a legendary Hollywood producer -- ' -- and the manners in which certain famous people in history met their end -- "The Day They Died ".In 2004, he wrote and directed the critically acclaimed short film "Alone" which film reviewer
Richard Schickel called "a deft, cinematic short story, handsomely staged and acted by a new writer/director of great and singular talent".He currently lives in
New York City .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650555 Gregory Orr at Internet Movie Database]
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