Background
Whiteley was born in Provo, Utah to parents Jessie and Kent Whiteley.
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Greg Whiteley
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He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1995 with a Bachelor in film and received an Master of Fine Arts in film from Art Center College of Design in 2001.
Career
Whiteley’s documentaries have garnered two Emmy nominations and three premieres at the Sundance Film Festival. He served a two-year Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) mission from 1989-1991 on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. After winning two Clio Awards during graduate school at Art Center, he was hired by Populuxe Pictures to direct commercials.
From 1996 to 2000, Whiteley served as the head of Film Actors Theater in Los Los Angeles
He named the company in homage to his recently deceased father, who grew up on an Idaho potato farm. Whiteley wrote, filmed, and produced New York Doll in 2005.
He then created Resolved in 2006, which follows the story of a high school debate team Whiteley spent 2006 to 2012 filming Mitt, having gained access to the Romney family, though not his campaign staff, during both of governor Mitt Romney’s campaigns for the United States presidency.
From 2012 to 2014, he created his latest film, Most Likely To Succeed, which discusses the education system in the United States and proposes ideas for its reform.
1999 Clio Student Awards: Pepsi and Krazy Glue.
Achievements
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1999 Clio Student Awards: Pepsi and Krazy Glue 2005 nomination, Satellite Award: New York Doll (2005) 2005 nomination, Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival: New York Doll (2005) 2007 Audience Award, Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival: Resolved (2007) 2009 nomination, Emmy Award for Best Documentary: Resolved (2007) 2009 nomination, Emmy Award for Editing: Resolved (2007) 2014 Opening Gala Film, Sundance Film Festival: Mitt (2014).
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints