Executive Biography
This has been a prosperous season for Mr. Anderson, as he just wrapped producing, for Warner Brothers, the film American Dream starring the rapper Mike Jones and his screenplay is the basis for the Sony Screen Gem’s project Stomp the Yard starring Hip Hop / R&B sensations Chris Brown and Ne-Yo. This summer, it was announced on HBO by Bryant Gumbel (Real Sports) that his company Tri Destined Films, Inc. optioned the rights to the Life Story of Bev Kearney, the world-renowned track coach from the University of Texas who took her team on a miraculous quest to the Collegiate and U.S. National (Pre-Olympic) championships, all from her hospital bed, after a horrendous accident almost caused her demise. As well, Gregory is currently the writer and Associate Producer of Compton Christmas Treez being produced by Gotham Entertainment, the producers of the MTV / Paramount film: “Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat” and is in development on the project Saturday which is set as the debut film for comedian Dexter Tucker (brother of Chris Tucker) and will also star hip hop chart-topper Paul Wall.
While studying at Harvard University during the summers, Gregory, independently co produced and theatrically distributed a film called Trois, which landed at the #34 spot of the Top 500 Film Distributors of 2000 listed by the Hollywood Reporter (August 2001), and resulted in the picture being in the Top 50 highest grossing Independent Films of that Year according to Daily Variety (July 30, 2001). Soon after that release, he wrote, and or co-produced Pandora’s Box, Motives starring Vivica A. Fox, and Trois: The Escort.
As the President and Co-Owner of Tri Destined Films with ND Brown and Trey Haley, Gregory spearheads several projects in development including Foolishy In Love, Considered a hip-hop “What’s Love Got to Do With It”, the story is a biopic about the dangerous love affair between football legend Andre Rison and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez of the hit female group TLC. In the summer of 2006, Gregory wrapped two films made for the Home Entertainment market; Soul To Go and The Caretaker.
Through it all, Anderson stayed involved in community service projects. For many years he has been a motivational speaker, giving speeches at events including Walt Disney’s Compact Awards and the Martin Luther King Holiday Convocation.