Gregory Orr (filmmaker)

Gregory Orr
Born (1954-08-06) August 6, 1954
OccupationsFilmmaker, director

Gregory William Orr (born 6 August 1954) is an American writer and director of documentary and fiction films. He is the son of actress Joy Page and TV producer William T. Orr, and step-grandson of Jack L. Warner, one of the Warner Brothers.[1]

Career

Orr attended Boston University and the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied under film director Alexander Mackendrick.

In 1993 Orr produced his first documentary, Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul, a feature-length biography of his mother's stepfather, the movie pioneer Jack L. Warner.

Orr's other films include Parole: Prison Without Bars (2000), The Day They Died (2003), Alone (2004, short), and Recreator (2011). As Recreator, later entitled, Cloned: The Recreator Chronicles (2012), marked the filmmaker's debut in feature-length, psychological thrillers, the movie and Orr's creative journey were explored in issue number 62 of Indie Slate magazine, distributed throughout North America and in parts of Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Stein, Jean (2017-02-21). West of Eden: An American Place. Random House Publishing Group. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-8129-8793-5.
  2. ^ "Indieslate.com Mobile Apps – App Technology News". Retrieved 2018-01-02.

Variety review Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul [December 12, 1993]