Gregory Orr is an Emmy Award nominee whose films have investigated the New York State parole system (Parole: Prison Without Bars), the manner in which famous people in history met their end (The Day They Died) and the life of a legendary Hollywood producer (Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul.)

In 2003, his feature screenplay Saving Charlie was one of five finalists for the IFP Market's screenplay award, and in 2004 he wrote and directed the critically acclaimed short film Alone, which Time magazine film reviewer Richard Schickel praised as, "A deft, cinematic short story, handsomely staged and acted by a new writer/director of great and singular talent." In 2005 the Visionfest Film Festival honored Alone with their award for "Outstanding Achievement in Direction," and in 2006 the film earned Greg "an emerging filmmaker award" at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

His current projects include the psychological thriller The Erie Canal, the suspense horror film Recreator, and the video-game actioner Push Play. In 2008 his script for the political thriller The Terror Tapes was nominated by the Charleston International Film Festival and the Writers Place Screenwriting Award.

Gregory Orr has also worked as a production manager and cinematographer in the motion picture industry where he assisted on such films as James Cameron's The Abyss. He studied oceanography at Boston University, and majored in film & television at California Institute of the Arts. He lives in New York and is represented by ICM.