Michael McGreevey's professional career began at the age of seven, with a film appearance in The Girl Most Likely (1957) alongside Jane Powell.
He went on to act in over 100 television shows, including stints as a series regular on Riverboat (1959) and guest-star appearances on Naked City (1958),Route 66 (1960),and The Magical World of Disney (1954).
At 18 years old, he enrolled in classes at UCLA while continuing his acting career, starring in films like The Way West (1967),The Impossible Years (1968),and Death of a Gunfighter (1969),as well as guest-starring in numerous television shows and made-for-TV movies.
Graduating from UCLA Film School with honors, McGreevey continued to work as an actor but set his sights on moving behind the camera, writing, directing, and producing.
He collaborated with his father, John McGreevey, on a three-hour movie for television about the Kennedy assassination, Ruby and Oswald (1978),which was a ratings and critical success.
McGreevey continued writing on his own, working on series television, and was nominated for an Emmy award for his teleplay of the ABC Afterschool Special, The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid (1983).
He wrote more episodes of Fame (1982) than anyone else, and was the obvious choice to write the last show, effectively closing the door on the School of the Arts and bringing the award-winning series to an end.
After a break from series television, McGreevey returned to writing long-form television, developing movies and mini-series for all the networks.
He became the Supervising Producer of High Tide (1994) for the '95-'96 season and then assumed the same duties on the syndicated series, Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996),completing 22 episodes for the '96-'97 season.
He also directed one of the "Tarzan" episodes and helmed three episodes of the Fox Network's children series, Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998).
McGreevey co-wrote the script for a big-budget adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic, "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus," and is presently developing an original screenplay, "13 Weeks," a romantic comedy about working in series television.
He has also co-written an action/thriller television movie and series pilot, "Endangered," and is working on three documentaries entitled "Aging Without Symptoms," "Welcome to Eden," and "The Face of America."
