Gregory Wilson

Gregory Wilson is an American film and television director/producer and actor known for directing Home Invaders (2001) and The Girl Next Door (2007).

Born Gregory M. Wilson, Wilson is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, New York. While attending the university, he was the sole recipient of the Music Corporation of America (MCA) Fellowship, interning under the late MCA chairman, Lew Wasserman. He also interned on Imagine Entertainment's Apollo 13 (1995) directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon.

Wilson's thesis film The Last Call, starring Harry Lennix (The Matrix II & III, Ray), received a "Student Academy Award" nomination and won many awards for his outstanding writing, direction, and production. The film was acquired and aired on Showtime as a special event. 

Wilson also won the "IFC AWARD" for Best Student Film, whose advisory board included such influential filmmakers as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, and The Coen brothers.

Wilson made his show business debut in 2001, when he directed, produced, wrote, and acted in Home Invaders, starring Yancey Arias, Keith David, Luis Guzmán, and Judy Reyes. Spike Lee was the executive producer on the film.

Six years later, in 2007, he directed crime/horror/drama The Girl Next Door, starring William Atherton (Die Hard), Blythe Auffarth, and Emmy Award Winner Blanche Baker.

In 2012, Wilson directed a TV movie titled Ghoul, starring Barry Corbin and Nolan Gould. The film is based on a best-selling novel by American writer Brian Keene (screenplay by William M. Miller). It debuted on the Chiller Network on April 13, 2012.

In 2014, Wilson portrayed a teacher in Jon Watts' horror-drama Clown, starring Andy Powers, Laura Allen, and Peter Stormare.