Boutique TV | Leslie Greif

Leslie Greif
Executive Producer / Director / Writer

Adam Reed
Executive Producer / Director

Adam Freeman
Executive Producer / Director / Writer

Joanne Rubino
Executive In Charge of Production

Herb Nanas
Producer

Leslie Greif
Executive Producer / Director / Writer

Leslie Greif is one the most prolific writer/director/producers in the business, and has worked on motion pictures and television projects in virtually every genre over the past 25 years. Greif is co-creator and executive producer of Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels, now entering it’s fifth season on the A&E network. Greif’s latest projects currently in production, for which he serves as executive producer are: TEACH with Tony Danza, a one-hour weekly series for the A&E network which follows Danza’s incredible journey as he leaves Hollywood behind and enters a real high school classroom to help inspire and educate; Chasing Mummies: The Adventures of Dr. Zahi Hawass is a weekly one-hour series that will bring viewers to far off Egypt to climb through pyramids and hunt for mummies with the world’s foremost authority on ancient Egypt, Dr. Zahi Hawass.

Most recently on the air: Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke, a weekly series, the first in HD on VH-1, featuring the comedian and his large family in their wild escapades when mom moves in to help bail Eddie out; King of Clubs, a weekly series for Playboy Television that will bring viewers inside the sexy and mad cap world of Las Vegas’s only full bar, full nude, family run strip club; and Operation Wild, a 30-minute weekly series on Planet Green allowing viewers to ride along with The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission as they combat crime and criminals to defend Florida’s natural resources.

Some of Leslie’s most recent productions that have aired in the last year include: Snoop Dogg’s weekly nightlife variety show for MTV, Dogg After Dark, in which Snoop invades a Hollywood night club with his famous friends and celebrities stopping by for musical performances and interviews; Discovery Channel’s Planet Green Series, Battleground Earth: Ludacris Vs. Tommy Lee, in which the stars take on eco challenges in cities across America; Female Forces, a one-hour weekly series on the Bio Channel, providing viewers with a high energy shotgun ride with female police officers from the Chicago suburbs fighting a full gamut of big city crime; Rookies, a half-hour weekly series on A&E, featuring the first day of duty for Tampa’s rookie cops.

Greif executive produced and directed the highly acclaimed, documentary Brando which was featured as an Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Airing on TCM, the documentary garnered Greif an Emmy nomination for his work as executive producer.

In addition to A&E and TCM, Greif has established himself as a creator of numerous TV movies, series, mini-series and specials for all major networks including HBO, ABC, CBS, Fox, TNT and USA. For TBS, Greif was executive producer (along with Paul Reiser) and director of the micro-series Lovebites, the first ever TV bit-com series created for J. Walter Thompson. Lifetime’s Baby for Sale, starring Dana Delany and TNT’s Word of Honor starring Don Johnson, which he also co-wrote, and Monday Night Mayhem which starred John Turturro as Howard Cosell, are among a few of his executive producer TV movie credits.

For Lifetime, Greif has also produced over 65 episodes of their popular Intimate Portraits documentary series including profiles of Jennifer Lopez, Maria Carey and Diane Lane (to name a few). Chris Rock and Cameron Diaz are among the many interviews Greif has produced for MSNBC Headliners and Legends. And at A&E, Greif produced the Steven Segal and Tony Danza portraits for the network’s Biography series. For Fox Television, he exec produced Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies, a live event in Cairo with Hugh Downes. Greif was also the co-creator and executive producer with Paul Haggis and Al Ruddy of CBS’s Walker, Texas Ranger, which ran for 204 episodes and is still seen around the world in syndication.

In the area of feature films, Greif has also produced and directed a number of projects including Funny Money starring Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller and Armand Asante. Gramercy Pictures’ indie film Keys To Tulsa, an offbeat noir mystery with an illustrious cast that included Eric Stoltz, James Spader, James Coburn, Cameron Diaz, and Mary Tyler Moore, marked Greif’s critically acclaimed directing debut. Greif’s additional film work includes the feature documentary Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool; New Line Pictures' Bayou cop drama Heaven's Prisoners, starring Alec Baldwin and Teri Hatcher; and the Rodney Dangerfield farce Meet Wally Sparks which also starred Burt Reynolds.

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Greif also received an MA/PhD in Business & Marketing from Pacific Western University. He began his career as an actor and was one of the original ‘Sweathogs’ on the popular ‘70s series, Welcome Back Kotter.

In recognition of Greif’s juvenile anti-drug work in the community, he received a special commendation plaque from Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and was the recipient of the “Just Say No To Drugs” Campaign Award from the Los Angeles City Council. Greif was also the recipient of the Environmental Media Association Seal Award for the TV movie Baby for Sale. Greif serves on the board of the Greek Theatre for the City of Los Angeles.

He resides in Los Angles with his wife and daughter.

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