Greg Gold(1951-2015)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Greg is an award-winning director of national and international
commercials and music videos, and producer and writer for television
and video.
Together with fellow directors David Fincher, Dominic Sena and Nigel Dick, and producers Joni Sighvattson and Steve Golin, Greg founded Propaganda Films, a company that redefined the style and image of a contemporary production company and through whose doors passed many other outstanding directors such as Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Romanek and many others. Greg directed commercials and music videos including clips for k.d. Lang, Quincy Jones, The Jacksons, Eddie Murphy, Kim Karnes, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Richard Marx, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan. His classical music clip for Joshua Bell featuring Karen Black won the Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival. TV Commercial campaigns included KFC, GTE and Molson Dry Canadian among others.
Following his tenure at Propaganda, Greg co-founded and served as president of Milk and Honey Films (1995-2003), an innovative international production service company whose credits include the Emmy winning mini-series Anne Frank and Dune, as well as commercial and film projects such as Blade II. He was also a partner in Prague Studios, a complex of film studios and services in the Czech Republic until his departure in 2003.
Greg executive produced and created the two-hour television pilot, PainKiller Jane, with John Harrison and Don Opper for The SciFi Channel/NBC. Greg has written and directed for children's media and his projects have been awarded Parents Choice awards among others.
Greg currently lives in Los Angeles with his son Michael and his wife, Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer Sharon Robinson. Greg has received the Eastman Kodak/MVPA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Together with fellow directors David Fincher, Dominic Sena and Nigel Dick, and producers Joni Sighvattson and Steve Golin, Greg founded Propaganda Films, a company that redefined the style and image of a contemporary production company and through whose doors passed many other outstanding directors such as Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Romanek and many others. Greg directed commercials and music videos including clips for k.d. Lang, Quincy Jones, The Jacksons, Eddie Murphy, Kim Karnes, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Richard Marx, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan. His classical music clip for Joshua Bell featuring Karen Black won the Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival. TV Commercial campaigns included KFC, GTE and Molson Dry Canadian among others.
Following his tenure at Propaganda, Greg co-founded and served as president of Milk and Honey Films (1995-2003), an innovative international production service company whose credits include the Emmy winning mini-series Anne Frank and Dune, as well as commercial and film projects such as Blade II. He was also a partner in Prague Studios, a complex of film studios and services in the Czech Republic until his departure in 2003.
Greg executive produced and created the two-hour television pilot, PainKiller Jane, with John Harrison and Don Opper for The SciFi Channel/NBC. Greg has written and directed for children's media and his projects have been awarded Parents Choice awards among others.
Greg currently lives in Los Angeles with his son Michael and his wife, Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer Sharon Robinson. Greg has received the Eastman Kodak/MVPA Lifetime Achievement Award.
