Greg M. Glienna is an American director and screenwriter best known as the creator of the original Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents (1992 film)

Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also directed and starred in the film as the main protagonist, Greg...

. He also wrote A Guy Thing

A Guy Thing

- Plot :Karen and Paul are about get married. However, after his bachelor party, Paul wakes up next to Becky , a dancer at the party. Assuming they slept together, Paul rushes Becky out of his apartment and hopes never to see her again. He tries to cover up the connection for the few days before...

and wrote and directed Relative Strangers

Relative Strangers

-Plot:Thirty-four year old psychologist, Richard Clayton parents reveal to him that he was adopted. He then sets out to find out who his biological parents are, but disaster ensues when it turns out that his parents, Frank and Agnes Menure , are crude, lower class carnies...

. He is also the co-author (with Mary Ruth Clarke) of the play Suffer the Long Night which had its Los Angeles premiere August 2008. The film Spy High, a script Glienna co-wrote with Pete Schwaba, will go into production by Bold Films in June 2009.

Glienna was born in Chicago, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

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Writer

• Relative Strangers (2006) (screenplay) (story)
• Meet the Fockers
  Meet the Fockers
  Meet the Fockers is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to Meet the Parents. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo. It was followed up by a sequel, Little Fockers, in 2010.-Plot:Nurse Gaylord "Greg"...
  
  (2004) (characters)
• A Guy Thing (2003) (screenplay) (story)
• Meet the Parents (2000) (1992 screenplay) (story)
• Desperation Boulevard (1998)
• Meet the Parents
  Meet the Parents (1992 film)
  Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also directed and starred in the film as the main protagonist, Greg...
  
  (1992)

Director

• Relative Strangers
• Desperation Boulevard
• The Can Man (1992)
• Meet the Parents

Actor

• Desperation Boulevard: Director at audition
• Meet the Parents
  Meet the Parents (1992 film)
  Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also directed and starred in the film as the main protagonist, Greg...
  
  : Greg

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