Barbara Leigh Gregson Bio

"You did a wonderful job on 'George Wallace' and I consider your work to be one of the reasons that I won the Emmy." John Frankenheimer, Director

"What an incredible job you've done on WORLD WAR II...I had no idea you would find such wonderful footage. I had no idea anyone would have the resources, the talent and the patience to put all of this together...Thank you, thank you, thank you." Ethel Winant , Executive Producer “World War II: When Lions Roared”

“Once again, you pulled our tootsies out of the fire. We feel blessed to have you on our team.” Karina Buck, Sandra Murray Producers Eye 2 Eye Productions “The Making of ‘The Fifth Element’”

Barbara Leigh Gregson is an internationally known researcher with hundreds of television, documentary and motion picture credits. A specialist in Film Research and Clearances, Barbara has worked with nearly every major network, studio and production company.

A native of Los Angeles, she attended California State University, Northridge where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Radio-Television Broadcasting, Emphasis in Film. Barbara attended graduate school at the University of Southern California where she earned a Master of Science in Education, Instructional Technology.

Barbara has recently Co-Produced the NBC series entitled “Most Outrageous Moments” and has Associate Produced and Production Managed several HBO documentaries including “The Greatest Scandals of the Century” and “Real Detectives”. In 1991, she was selected by Telepictures to attend MIPCOM in Cannes, France as an Acquisitions Executive.

In August 2005, Barbara was invited to participate in the Berkeley, California roundtable discussion on “Orphan Works” for the U.S. Copyright Office. In 1989, Barbara edited the Seminar Workbook "The Anatomy of Video Tape Production" presented by The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the American Association of Producers. For her work Barbara received a Certificate of Outstanding Service from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and in 1998 received another certificate from the ATAS “for contributions to the Emmy Award Winning Achievement-Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie ‘George Wallace’ ”. In addition, Barbara was a guest lecturer at Kodak in Hollywood for the International Documentary Association‘s 1998 and 2003 Seminar series “Documentaries from A to Z” and for the Producers Guild of America. Barbara has also been a Guest lecturer at USC School of Cinema, UCLA Department of Film and Television, California State University Northridge and UCLA Extension. Barbara was a consultant for Clearances for feature film clips, stock shots and archive footage for the book “Film & Video Budgets” by Michael Wiese and Deke Simon.

Barbara is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Documentary Association. She Chairws the IDA Awards for 2006 (a position she also held in 2003, 2004 as well as the Chair of the Screening Committee for “Limited Series & Continuing Series” for the 1999- 2002 IDA Awards and a Blue Ribbon Juror for the IDA Awards. In addition, she was Co-Chair of the “1999 and 2004 IDA Awards Gala” and the “17^th Annual Nominees Reception” (March 1999) for the Academy Award Documentary Nominees as well as Chair the 1999 though 2003 “Documentaries from A to Z” seminar series. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Producers (which merged with the Producers Guild of America and is a member of that organization). She is also a member of the Federation of Commercial and Audiovisual Libraries (FOCAL), Women in Flim and CLEAR, Inc.

Currently Barbara is Vice President and CFO of Miller-Gregson Productions, Inc. a Los Angeles based Production Company, which she co-founded.

CREDITS

Co-Producer/Associate Producer/Production Manager

"MOST OUTRAGEOUS MOMENTS, Eps. 1-15" NBC (2006) Co-Producer

"THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS TV MOMENTS, Eps. 1-6" NBC (2004) Co-Producer

"MONUMENTAL SILVER" KCET/PBS, Assoc. Producer

"YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'" Music Video PMI/Capitol-EMI Records Assoc. Producer

"THE YEAR THAT WAS: 1982" HBO, Prod. Mgr.

"REAL DETECTIVES: THE SPECK CASE" HBO, Assoc. Producer

"MISSING PERSONS: DEAD OR ALIVE?" HBO, Prod. Mgr.

"THE YEAR THAT WAS: 1981" HBO, Prod. Mgr.

"BAD GUYS AND WICKED WOMEN" HBO Prod. Mgr.

"THE GREATEST SCANDALS OF THE CENTURY" HBO, Assoc. Producer

"SUPERSPIES" HBO, Prod. Mgr.

"REUNION-Not Blind Love" Syndicated, Production Coordinator

Film Research and/or Clearance credit Highlights:

“GOLDA’S BALCONY” AV Productions

“THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED” Chain Camera Productions (2006)

“THE F-WORD DOCUMENTARY” Rainstorm Entertainment (2006)

“BOFFO! Tinsletown's Bombs and Blockbusters” The Couturié Company/HBO (2006)

“Pioneers of Primetime” PBS/Stephen Boettcher Productions (2005) Clearances

“The Kid and I” Slowhand Cinema Releasing (2005) Film Research and Clearances

“RENT” Revolution Studios (2005) Film Research

“North Country” Warner Bros. (2005) Film Research

“Duma” Warner Bros. (2005) Film Research

"GAME SHOW MOMENTS GONE BANANAS” Fremantle (2005) Clearance Supervisor

“Elvis by the Presleys” (2005) Red-Eye Flight Productions (2005)

"THE LAST MOGUL: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman" Melbar Entertainment/ThinkFilm (2004)

"A & E BIOGRAPHY: Rob Reiner" Muldaur Media (2004)

"100 Scariest Movie Moments" 5 Parts, Kaufman Films for Bravo (2004)

"Z CHANNEL: A Magnificent Obsession" Maja Films for IFC (2004)

“IN THE WAKE OF THE ZACA” Luther Greene Productions (2004)

"THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS LIVE TV MOMENTS 2&3" NBC (2004)

"A & E BIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR" Braverman Productions for A&E (2003-4)

"NATIONAL TREASURE" Disney (2003)-Production Design research

"AMERICA’S FIRST HORSE" (companion film for “Hidalgo”) Sam Hurwitz Prods./Disney (2003-4)

"THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS LIVE TV MOMENTS" NBC (2003)

"THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS GAME SHOW MOMENTS #2 &3 NBC (2002-3)

"CBS FUNNY FLUBS #11&12” Andrew Solt Productions for CBS (2002-3)

"UPN FUNKY FLUBS” Andrew Solt Productions for UPN (2002-3)

"AMERICA’S PRINCE: THE JFK, JR. STORY” Twentieth Century Fox for TBS (2001-2)

“NONE BUT HONEST AND WISE MEN” Calliope Films/White House Historical Assoc. (2002)

"SINATRA: THE CLASSIC DUETS" Crewneck Productions for PBS (2002)

"ELVIS LIVES" Red-Eye Flight Productions for NBC (2002)

"THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE" Woodland Pictures for USA Films (2000-01)

"PATH TO WAR" Guns and Butter Productions for HBO Films (2001-2)

"NEW YORK AT THE MOVIES" Nick Davis Prods./Abrams Gentile Ent. for A&E (2001-2)

"BEFORE THEY WERE STARS" Nash Entertainment for ABC (2001)

"CBS FUNNY FLUBS" Andrew Solt Productions for CBS (1998-2001)

"2001 Emmy Awards-Industry Patriotism seg." Lorac Productions for ATAS (2001)

"MADONNA: THE DROWNED WORLD TOUR" CREAM CHEESE/BHAKTI TOURING (2001)

"A CELEBRATION OF TELEVISION MUSIC" Hollywood Bowl/ATAS Foundation (2001)

"MONDAY NIGHT MAYHEM" Turner Network Television (2001)

"THE SWEETEST SOUND" Alan Berliner Productions for PBS – P.O.V. (2001)

"JACKIE, ETHEL, JOAN: WOMEN OF CAMELOT" Pebblehut Camelot for NBC (2000)

"THE BEE GEES: THIS IS WHERE I CAME IN" Crewneck Prods. for A& E (2000)

"THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY: A GLORIOUS BURDEN" Smithsonian Institution (2000)

"CURTAIN CALL" Creative Strategies for the Actors Fund (2000) Academy Award nominated documentary, Short Subject (2001)

"THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS" Dick Clark Productions for ABC (various years)

"A&E Biography: Ted Danson-One Lucky Guy" Paramount Pictures (2000)

"CELEBRITY WEDDINGS: InStyle" LookAlike Productions for ABC (2000)

"AUDREY HEPBURN" Robert Greenwald Productions for ABC (1999)

"THE UNKNOWN PETER SELLERS" Crewneck Productions for AMC/PBS (1999-2000)

“KENNY G ‘FAITH’ ALBUM-Auld Land Syne Millennium Mix” Arista (1999)

"JOURNEY TO 100" Rainbow Media for HBO (1999)

"CELEBRATE THE CENTURY-Episode 8-The 70’s" Wolper/Guenette for CNN (1998-99)

"IN THE 20^TH CENTURY: FUNNY IS MONEY" 5759 Corp. for Showtime (1998-99)

"Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt" Radio…With Pictures for Fox (1998-99)

"LEGENDS, ICONS AND SUPERSTARS-Five Leaders Who Changed The World" Wolper/ Guenette for CBS Eye On (1998)

"AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies” Stuart/Schickel for TNT, 10 part docu series (1998)

"CBS’s FIFTY YEARS OF FUNNY FLUBS” Andrew Solt Productions for CBS (1998)

"BIO Rhythm: TUPAC SHAKUR” MTV Networks (1997-8)

"TO LIVE AGAIN" Citadel Entertainment for CBS (1997-8)

"JEP!" Columbia TriStar Television for The Game Show Network (1998)

"CBS SOAP BREAK" CBS Entertainment (various)

"QUINCY JONES…THE FIRST 50 YEARS” Jeff Margolis Prods/DMS for ABC (1997)

"THE MAKING OF ‘SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET’" Genuine Buck Film for Showtime (1997)

"GEORGE WALLACE" Mark Carliner Prods. for TNT (1996-97)

"SEARCHING FOR ‘THE FIFTH ELEMENT’" Eye to Eye Prods. for Columbia (1997)

"HOLLYWOOD LOOKS AT THE NEWS" Renaissance America Group/The Newseum (1997)

"THE FIFTIES” The Fifties, Inc./Disney for The History Channel (1995-97)

" REAGAN" AMERICAN EXPERIENCE WGBH for PBS (1996-7)

"THE MAKING OF ‘DONNIE BRASCO’" Genuine Buck Film for Showtime (1997)

"TV’s ALL TIME FUNNIEST SITCOM HOLIDAYS" ZM Prods. for Fox (1996)

"CELEBRATE THE DREAM: 50 YEARS OF EBONY MAGAZINE" Margolis Prods./ABC (1996)

."TV'S COMEDY CLASSICS" NASH Entertainment for CBS (1996)

"THE TELEVISION HALL OF FAME” (Induction ceremony) DMS for Disney (1996)

"DARK SKIES" (MOW) Rosecrans Productions, Inc. for Columbia Pictures TV (1995-6)

"THE MAKING OF ‘FLY AWAY HOME’" Genuine Buck Film for Columbia Pictures (1996)

"BEFORE THEY WERE STARS" Specials & Series Trackdown Prods. for ABC (1993-6)

"WALKER: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TV'S TOUGHEST HERO" CBS Ent. (1996)

"THE MAKING OF 'SENSE AND SENSIBILITY'" Genuine Buck Film/Columbia Pictures (1995)

"EXTREMELY WEIRD" Alexandria Prods./JMA Ent./Alexander Enright for NBC (1995)

"CMA AWARDS" CMA (various)

"FIFTY YEARS OF FUNNY FEMALES" Woman's Image Netwk./George Paige/ABC (1995)

"THE ULTIMATE TELEVISION TRIVIA CHALLENGE" Blanki & Bodi Prods. for ABC (1995)

"WHERE ARE THEY NOW" Blanki & Bodi Productions for CBS (1995)

"THE GREATEST COMMERCIALS EVER MADE" The Wrightwood Group for CBS (1995)

"THE MAKING OF IMMORTAL BELOVED" Columbia Pictures (1994)

"MOVIE MAGIC" GRB Entertainment (1994)

"MY ANTONIA" Wilshire Court for USA (1994)

"THE MAKING OF 'THE PROFESSIONAL'" Columbia Pictures (1994)

"LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN MOB Pileggi/Couturie (1994)

"WORLD WAR II: WHEN LIONS ROARED" Gideon Productions (1993-4)

"JACK: The Last Kennedy Film" CBS Entertainment (1992-3)

"THE MAKING OF THE REMAINS OF THE DAY" Twentieth Century Fox (1993)

"THE MAKING OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS" The Wrightwood Group (1993)

"THE MAKING OF THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS" Hurwitz Prods./Disney (1993)

"THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD" Katie Face Productions for NBC (1993)

"INSIDE THE KGB" Barbour/Langley Productions for NBC (1993)

"THE LEGEND OF THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" CBS Entertainment (1993)

"THE MYTH OF THE MODERN COWBOY" Yuhas Prods. / Paramount Home Video (1993)

"HEARTS OF HOT SHOTS: A FILMMAKERS APOLOGY" Twentieth Century Fox (1993)

"THE MAKING OF POSSE" Haecceity Productions, Ltd. (1993)

"LOOK WHO'S TALKING NOW" Columbia Pictures (1993)

"HARLEY-DAVIDSON: The American Motorcycle" Cabin Fever Entertainment/Turner (1993)

"A COUNTRY MUSIC CELEBRATION" CMA for CBS Entertainment (1993)

"THE MAKING OF GROUNDHOG DAY" Columbia Pictures/HBO (1993)

"CLOSE UP JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME: The Making of Nowhere to Run" The Wrightwood Group/Columbia Pictures (1992-3)

"THE MAKING OF "HOME ALONE 2" ZM Productions for Twentieth Century Fox/FBC (1992)

"THE IMMORTAL HOFFA" (press film) MAGI Films for Twentieth Century Fox Int'l (1992)

"CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS" First Person, NBC News (1992)

"THE MARILYN FILES" Producers Video Inc. (Synd.) (1992)

"THE WOMEN OF WINDSOR" The Samuels Film Co. MOW for CBS (1992)

"THE GUIDING LIGHT 4OTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL" CBS Entertainment (1992)

"EARTH AND THE AMERICAN DREAM" The Couturie Company for HBO (1992)

"SITCOM MOMS" ZM Productions for CBS (1992)

"FLASHBACK" Blanki & Bodi Prods. for ABC (1992)

"EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW" Blanki & Bodi Prods/CBS (1992)

"THIS BOY'S LIFE" Warner Bros. Dist. (Canada) Ltd. (1992)

"THE BEST OF THE WORST" Telepictures for Fox Network (1991-92)

"THE BOB NEWHART 19TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW" ZM Productions/CBS (1991)

"IDOLS" ZM Productions for Fox (1991)

"FANTASTIC FACTS" TelePictures for CBS (1991)

"MARILYN AND ME" Samuels Productions MOW for ABC (1991)

"50 YEARS OF BROADCASTING" WCBS-TV, New York (1991)

"VOICES THAT CARE" ZM Productions for Fox (1991)

"PORTRAIT OF JAPAN" Documentary series for TBS (1991)

"AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN" ABC Mini-series (1991)

"ALL IN THE FAMILY 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL" ZM Productions/CBS (1991)

"GEORGE BURNS 95TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL" CBS Entertainment Special (1990-91)

"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER" National Geographic Society for TBS (1990-91)

"ERNIE KOVACS" The Comedy Channel Special (1990)

"THE SOUL OF SPAIN" National Geographic Special, WQED West for PBS (1990)

"THE HONEYMOONERS 35TH ANNIVERSARY" ZM Productions for CBS (1990)

"THE COURT MARTIAL OF JACKIE ROBINSON" Portrait Films for TNT (1990)

"THE GREAT LOS ANGELES EARTHQUAKE" Worldwide Media, Mini-Series for NBC (1990)

"I LOVE LUCY-THE VERY FIRST SHOW" Grant/Tribune Productions for CBS (1990)

"TAKEN AWAY" Hart, Thomas & Berlin Productions. Movie of the Week for CBS (1989)

"THE FINAL DAYS" Green Street Productions. MOW for AT&T/ABC (1988-1989)

"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" Harmony Gold. 6 hr. Mini-Series for NBC (1988-1989)

"JACKIE GLEASON: THE GREAT ONE" Viacom Productions. Special for CBS (1987-1988)

"LADY MOBSTER" Von Zerneck-Samuels. TV movie for NBC (1988)

"TO HEAL A NATION" Worldwide Media. TV Movie for NBC (1987)

"MAN AGAINST THE MOB" Worldwide Media. TV Movie for NBC (1987)

"THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK" Warner Bros. Feature Film (1986-1987)

"WOMEN OF VALOR" InterPlanetary/Jeni Productions. Movie of the Week for CBS (1986)

"RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT" Columbia Pictures TV. ABC Network (1984-85)