Gregory Orr (filmmaker)

Gregory Orr
Born (1954-08-06) August 6, 1954
Los Angeles
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.[2][3][4]

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.[5][6]

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. ^ Elley, Derek (December 13, 1993). "Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul".
  3. ^ Land, Jim (June 28, 2015). "Movie Review: "Cloned: The Recreator Chronicles" Is Too Bad To Be Good - Irish Film Critic".
  4. ^ Willis, J. M. (April 24, 2013). "CLONED: The Recreator Chronicles Movie Review".
  5. ^ Althoff, Eric (June 19, 2023). "Scion of film royalty: Jack Warner's step-grandson Gregory Orr has revised his documentary for Warner Bros's centennial | INTERVIEW".
  6. ^ "William Orr, 85; Had Hit TV Shows in 1950s, '60s for Warner Bros". December 28, 2002.
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