Leslie Greif (born July 30, 1954) is an American director, writer, and film and television producer.
Career
Greif began his career as an NBC Page out of NBC-Burbank. He later was a producer with the television series ''Sins'' in 1986.
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Greif's first film as a director was ''
Keys to Tulsa
''Keys to Tulsa'' is a 1997 American crime film directed by Leslie Greif in his directorial debut, written by Harley Peyton, and starring Eric Stoltz and James Spader. It is based on the 1991 novel by Brian Fair Berkey. There is an unrated versi ...
'' in 1997. The film was not well received by critics.
In 2007 he both wrote the screenplay and directed the comedy film ''
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
''10 Rules for Sleeping Around'' is a 2013 American screwball romantic sex comedy film written, produced, and directed by Leslie Greif and starring Jesse Bradford, Chris Marquette, Tammin Sursok, Virginia Williams and Reid Ewing.
Synopsis
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Greif's works include ''
Walker Texas Ranger
''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas ...
'', ''
Gene Simmons Family Jewels
''Gene Simmons Family Jewels'' is an American reality television series that aired on A&E from August 7, 2006, to July 14, 2012. It follows Kiss bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons, his longtime partner and wife Shannon Tweed, and their two child ...
'',
''Hatfields & McCoys'',
''Brando'', ''
Funny Money'', ''
Mounted in Alaska
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'', ''
Meet Wally Sparks
''Meet Wally Sparks'' is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Peter Baldwin, written by Harry Basil and Rodney Dangerfield. It stars Dangerfield in the title role, with Debi Mazar, Michael Weatherly, Cindy Williams, Alan Rachins, Burt Reyno ...
''
and ''
Monday Night Mayhem
''Monday Night Mayhem'' is a 2002 television film about the origin of ABC's television series ''Monday Night Football''. It debuted on the American cable TV network TNT on January 14, 2002. It was based on the 1988 nonfiction book of the same t ...
''. He has worked extensively in TV mini-series, reality television, full-length features and scripted television. Greif's production team includes Adam Reed, Adam Freeman, Herb Nanas, Joanne Rubino and Aaron Semmel at his production company ThinkFactory Media in
Santa Monica
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. In 2012 ''Hatfields & McCoys'', for which Greif was executive producer, won several
Emmy Awards
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''Variety''. including Kevin Costner
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for best actor in a miniseries and Tom Berenger
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for best supporting actor.
References
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Living people
American male screenwriters
American television writers
American television producers
American male television writers
American showrunners
Film directors from Los Angeles
1954 births