Greg's work as a writer/director began to gain recognition while he was still a student, with his second-year documentary "Training" (2002) screening at the DFG's "Serious About Shorts" International Festival. His graduate script "Front" (2003) won the Carlton TV Student Bursary Prize.
After graduating at the age of twenty-two, Greg shot his ultra-low-budget feature debut "The Plague" (2004),which received critical acclaim globally, screening at numerous festivals and winning three awards. The film was chosen by British director Mike Leigh to receive the inaugural Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Scholarship at the 10th Sarajevo Film Festival, and it also received the Best Director Award at the Portobello Film Festival 2004 and the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Raindance East Film Festival 2005.
Industry Oracle "Variety" described "The Plague" as a "Cinderella story" and raised its international respectability with an outstanding review. The film was released theatrically in 2006 and commercially in 2007 in the UK, and the BBC acquired the television rights, which has canonized the film's impact, generating strong reviews and articles about the film, its production, and the filmmakers involved.
Since 2002, Greg has also worked under the umbrella of Collective Vision alongside nine other filmmakers. The Collective has produced a number of short films together and organized occasional Collective Vision "Free Cinema" screening events. As well as "The Plague", Collective Vision has also seen the production of two more low-budget features, "Bye Bye Miss Goodnight" (2005) and "Loony In The Woods" (2006).
The accumulation of the Collective's successes came together in 2005 when Raw TV commissioned ten one-minute films to be made by each filmmaker and screened on Channel 4 ("Raw Britannia"). Greg directed "Everybody Wants To Be An M.C" as part of the Collective's input and directed/edited four one-minute episodes of "Hood Newz" which also aired as part of the programme.
Greg has also collaborated on music videos with the Beta Brothers, which has seen the creation of some of his most creative work. Most notably, he was Co-Director/Co-Editor of Benjamin Zephaniah's "Rong Radio Station" (2005) and Director/Editor of Jehst's "Nuke Proof Suit" (2005) and Braintax's "Syriana Style" (2006). All of which have gained a massive following, on television and most notably online, due to their creatively innovative and socially political content.
Greg has most recently been commissioned by the Manchester International Festival (M.I.F) to complete a feature-length film working with contemporary classical composer Steve Martland, entitled "KAPITAL" (2007). As Writer/Director, Greg has been given complete creative freedom and final cut on this, only his second feature, and it promises to be a mature step forward from his previous work.
This unique commission has given Greg the chance to expand his usual artistic boundaries by collaborating in a number of innovative ways. Firstly, using co-director Rebecca Finlay Hall to facilitate and co-create a three-month secretive rehearsal period so that the film could be shot chronologically and improvised, with events unfolding on camera for the first time and the actors having to react deep in character. Secondly, by working with cinematographer Jussi Syjra, moving away from the 'cinema verite' he is often associated with, to instead work with a gothic and structured cinematic visual. And thirdly, in the post-production with editor Paco Sweetman, where the film is being cut to Steve Martland's music, all of which has been scored and composed without seeing the film.
"Kapital" will premiere at M.I.F in the summer of 2007 to an international press and will feature alongside some of the World's most renowned and innovative artists working in music and art today.
The past few years have seen Greg do a number of interviews online, for TV and in the printed press; he has always been very keen to talk about cinema and culture as social and political tools.
