Barbara L. 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 L. 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 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 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 Seminar series “Documentaries from A to Z”.  Barbara has been a Guest lecturer at USC School of Cinema, UCLA Extension, Department of the Arts Techniques of Professional Research for Film, Television and Theater Production and a Guest lecturer at Columbia College, Los Angeles.  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 a current member of the Board of Directors of the International Documentary Association.   She is Chair of the Screening Committee for “Limited Series & Strand” for the 1999, 2000 and 2001 IDA Awards.  In addition, she was Co-Chair of the “1999 IDA Awards Gala” and the “17th Annual Nominees Reception” (March 1999) for the 1998 Academy Award Documentary Nominees as well as Co-Chair the 1999 though 2002 “Documentaries from A to Z” seminar series.  She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Producers (which has recently merged with the Producers Guild of America) and also serves on the advisory council of the Los Angeles chapter of the Federation of Commercial and Audiovisual Libraries (FOCAL).

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

CREDITS

 
Film Research and/or Clearance
"PATH TO WAR" HBO(2001-2)
"THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE" Woodland Pictures (2000-01)
"MONDAY NIGHT MAYHEM" Turner Network Television (2001)
"BEFORE THEY WERE STARS" Nash Entertainment for ABC (2001)
"CBS FUNNY FLUBS #7, 8, 9 &10" Andrew Solt Productions for CBS (2001)
"MADONNA: THE DROWNED WORLD TOUR" Cream Cheese Productions for HBO(2001)
"JACKIE, ETHEL, JOAN: WOMEN OF CAMELOT" Pebblehut Camelot (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 (2000)
"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)
"NATURE BABIES", "ANIMAL SYMPHONIES" Munchkin, Inc. (1999-2000)
"CBS FUNNY FLUBS SPECIALS" Andrew Solt Productions for CBS (1998-2000)
 “KENNY G ‘FAITH’ ALBUM-Auld Land Syne Millennium Mix” Arista (1999)
“BLINK” Elizabeth Thompson Productions for PBS (1999)
"JOURNEY TO 100" Rainbow Media for HBO (1999)
"LOVING LUCY 1996-99 Annual Convention" Lucyfan Enterprises (1996-99)
"SIGNS FROM GOD" Fox (1999)
"CELEBRATE THE CENTURY-Episode 8-The 70’s" Wolper/Guenette for CNN (1998-99)
"1999 DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS" CBS (1999)
"IN THE 20TH 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 (1997-8)
"QUINCY JONES…THE FIRST 50 YEARS” Jeff Margolis Productions/DMS Production Services 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)
"THE 1997 DAYTIME EMMYS" Dick Clark Film Group for ABC (1997)
"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)
"AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: REAGAN" 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. for ABC (1996)
"MARRY ME" The William Carruthers Company for The Family Channel (1996)
"TV'S COMEDY CLASSICS" NASH Entertainment for CBS (1996)
"THE TELEVISION HALL OF FAME” (Induction ceremony) DMS for Disney (1996)
"THE BROKEN LINE: ROAD TRIP” (Internet and Live action game) Microsoft (1996)
"DARK SKIES" (Pilot) Rosecrans Productions, Inc. for Columbia Pictures TV (1995-6)
"THE MAKING OF ‘FLY AWAY HOME’" Genuine Buck Film for Columbia Pictures (1996)
"ACCESS HOLLYWOOD PROMO'S" Richmel Productions for NBC (1996)
"PAYBAR.COM Web site" Simmons-Durham for Leaf, Inc. (1996)
"1996 DAYTIME EMMYS" CBS Entertainment (1996)
"BEFORE THEY WERE STARS"  Eps. for series #1-9 Trackdown Prods. for ABC (1995-6)
"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)
"BEFORE THEY WERE STARS SPECIALS #2, #3, Pilot & #4" Trackdown Prods./ABC (1994-5)
"CMA AWARDS 1995: ROGER MILLER HALL OF FAME" CMA (1994)
"CBS SOAP BREAK" CBS Entertainment (1994-5)
"FIFTY YEARS OF FUNNY FEMALES" Woman's Image Netwk./George Paige Assoc./ABC (1995)
"THE ULTIMATE TELEVISION TRIVIA CHALLENGE" Blanki & Bodi Productions 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)
"CMA AWARDS 1994" CMA (1994)
"LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN MOB Pileggi/Couturie Productions, Fox (1994)
"WORLD WAR II: WHEN LIONS ROARED" Gideon Productions (1993-4)
"BEFORE THEY WERE STARS" Trackdown Productions (1993-4)
"JACK" CBS Entertainment (1992-3)
"ROBOCOP: THE SERIES" (PILOT) Skyvision (1993)
"THE MAKING OF THE REMAINS OF THE DAY" Twentieth Century Fox (1993)
"THE MAKING OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS" The Wrightwood Group (1993)
"CMA AWARDS 1993-WILLIE NELSON HALL OF FAME" CMA (1993)
"THE MAKING OF THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS" Sam Hurwitz Prods./Disney (1993)
"DESIGNATED HITTER" The William Carruthers Company (1993)
"THE GORDON ELLIOTT SHOW" CBS Entertainment (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)
"WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT" Touchstone Pictures (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" American Motorcycle Prods. for Cabin Fever Entertainment/Turner (1992-3)
"A COUNTRY MUSIC CELEBRATION" CMA for CBS Entertainment (1993)
"THE MAKING OF GROUNDHOG DAY" Columbia Pictures/HBO (1993)
"LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT" 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)
"TOP COPS: The Hollywood Cops" (episode) CBS Broadcast Int'l. Canada (1992)
"THE IMMORTAL HOFFA" (press film) MAGI Films for Twentieth Century Fox Int'l (1992)
"CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS" First Person, NBC News (1992)
"KEEPER OF THE FLAME" Heaven Entertainment for RNC (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)
"THE DAYTIME EMMYS" CBS Entertainment (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)
"THE HOLLYWOOD GAME" CBS Entertainment, Pilot (1991)
"THE FAMILY BUSINESS" WQED/Wonderworks for PBS (1991)
"VOICES THAT CARE" ZM Productions for Fox (1991)
"CBS COMEDY BLOOPERS II" CBS Entertainment Special (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)
"COUNTDOWN TO NEW YEARS" Pepto Bismol TV Commercial (1990)
"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)
"THERE GOES MY BABY" Feature Film Nelson Entertainment/Orion (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)
"HARD COPY" Paramount Pictures Corp. (1989-90)
"LIVEWIRE" Profile Productions, Inc. Game Show pilot for NBC (1989)
"VW PROMOTIONAL" Gail & Rice Productions.  Industrial for Volkswagon of America (1989)
"TAKEN AWAY" Hart, Thomas & Berlin Productions.  Movie of the Week for CBS (1989)
"UNDER FIRE: The Real Story" Trucon Productions.  Pilot for ABC (1989)
"THE FINAL DAYS" Green Street Productions.  Movie of the Week for AT&T/ABC (1988-1989)
"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" Harmony Gold.  6 hour Mini-Series for NBC (1988-1989)
"SHOCKER" Wes Craven/Pinker Productions.  Feature film for Universal Pictures (1989)
"PSYCHIC POWERS" Exceller Prods.  Home Video for Time Life (1988-1989)
"JACKIE GLEASON: THE GREAT ONE" Viacom Productions.  Special for CBS (1987-1988)
"MICROCOPS" Moonglow Productions-MGM/UA. Pilot for CBS (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)
"L.A. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL BID FILM" Wolper/Guenette Prods. for City of Los Angeles (1987)
"THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK" Warner Bros. Feature Film (1986-1987)
"TRIVIAL PURSUIT" Marketing Equities/Horn-Abbott.  Home Video Game (1986)
"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)

Producer/Associate Producer/Production Manager
"THE RISK FACTOR”(Pilot) Miller-Gregson in assoc. w/Koan International
"REUNION-Not Blind Love" Syndicated Production Coordinator
"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" HBOProd. 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.
"SUPERSPIES" HBO Prod. Mgr.
"BAD GUYS AND WICKED WOMEN" HBO Prod. Mgr.
"THE GREATEST SCANDALS OF THE CENTURY" HBO Assoc. Producer
 
 

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