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  • Description language: English

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  • Audience: 11.8K
  • Video Views: 5.87M
  • # videos: 8
  • Estimated Earnings: $1.47K - $23.5K
  • Category: Entertainment Humor Movies Music
  • Date Created: 2007-02-27
  • Date Updated: 2024-06-17
Audience activity: 497
Views per video: 734.25K


Greg Glienna is a talented screenwriter, director and musician who lives and breathes movies and the business of entertainment. ​ Greg honed his craft through hands-on experience, working the circuit as a standup comedian, opening for such artists as David Copperfield, Tim Allen, and Emo Phillips. In his spare time, he made short films. With the financial backing of Emo Philips, he co-wrote, directed, and starred in the original Meet the Parents. The independent film played successfully in Chicago, and art houses around the US and London. Before Steven Soderbergh brought the movie to the attention of Universal Pictures, which led to the smash hit 2000 remake starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. He also wrote and directed Desperation Boulevard starring Judy Tenuta, Relative Strangers starring Danny DeVito and Kathy Bates and wrote A Guy Thing with Jason Lee. Puppyhood, a script he wrote for Buzzfeed will be out in 2023, as will The Road Dog, which he wrote and directed.