Gregory William Orr (born 6 August 1954 in

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

) 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 Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-born American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's ca ...

, one of the

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Career

Orr attended

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

and the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

, where he studied under film director

Alexander Mackendrick Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. He directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967, before retiring from filmmaking to become an influential profess ...

. 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.

References

Variety review Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul [December 12, 1993
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, Gregory American documentary filmmakers Living people Boston University alumni California Institute of the Arts alumni People from Anaheim, California 1954 births Film directors from California