Gregory Christian

Gregory Christian was born in Soviet-era Armenia to mother Jacqueline and father Jerry, former Siberian exiles. He has two older brothers. His family immigrated to the United States in 1980. He participated in the California Young Authors' Conference, placing 1st and 2nd place, respectively, in 1986 and 1987 in his age division. He briefly went to Pacoima Magnet for the Arts, the same school attended by both Ritchie Valens and Christina Applegate. He received an accolade for his four-year tenure in El Camino Real's Theatre Arts program, one of the finest in the country. His 1st Place award-winning Shakespeare Festival Scene (from "King Lear") was presented to a select audience, including members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1993 by the California Youth Theatre at Paramount Studios. Gregory appeared in Regional theatre and directed numerous short films from 1993-2005, performing for Hollywood notables such as Jane Lynch, Tommy Chong, and Jane Russell. In 2004, he was nominated for an Irene Ryan Acting Award for his work in Los Angeles Pierce College's production of "The Laramie Project" and won "Best Actor in a New Play" from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. In 2006, he made his neo-noir film writing and directing debut with the erotic thriller "Cowboy Junction," now a cult classic. The script for "Cowboy Junction" was inducted into the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His sophomore film, "Deadly Sins" (2008), features Anne Lockhart (of "Battlestar Gallactica" fame) and Mark Arnold (from "Teen Wolf"). Christian has also produced the short films "Letter From God" (2008) and "Outpost" (2009). In 2009, he completed his third script, a psychological mystery, and is hard at work on his fourth, an action-adventure. Mr. Christian has listed David Lynch and Alfred Hitchcock among his directorial inspirations. He runs his Rebel Films production company from his home base in Los Angeles and is related to celebrated Russian playwright Perch Zeytuntsyan.