Lori McCreary is an American film producer. She is CEO of the production company

Revelations Entertainment Revelations Entertainment is an independent movie production company founded by actor Morgan Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary in 1996. Its mission statement, to "reveal truth," drives to company produce thought-provoking entertainment ...

, which she co-founded with actor Morgan Freeman.

Early life

McCreary grew up in

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. She graduated from

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in 1979. McCreary graduated from

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with a degree in Computer Science in 1984. While in college, she co-founded the legal software company CompuLaw.

Career

McCreary's appreciation for the stage play ''

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'' inspired her to go into motion picture production. McCreary first met actor Morgan Freeman, who was signed to direct the film adaptation, in

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's office on the Paramount Pictures Lot in 1992. Later, the pair partnered in the formation of

in 1996 with a mission to produce entertainment "that reveals truth". As Revelations CEO, McCreary produced ''

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'', directed by

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. Before that, she produced '' Invictus'', directed by Clint Eastwood, with Freeman starring as Nelson Mandela and co-starring

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. She is currently Executive Producer of CBS's hit series Madam Secretary starring

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. She is also Executive producer of

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, the highest-rated series in NatGeo's history, as well as the expansion series The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman. She was the Executive Producer of Discovery Science's '' Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman''. McCreary's additional producer credits include Mimi Leder's '' Thick as Thieves'' with Antonio Banderas and ''

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'' starring Christopher Walken,

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and Morgan Freeman. Revelations also co-produced '' Along Came a Spider'' for Paramount Pictures. In July 2005, Revelations Entertainment teamed with

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to form a new digital entertainment company, ClickStar. ClickStar officially launched their site on December 15, 2006, where it was the first website to legally make a movie (Revelation's '' 10 Items or Less'') available for download while it was still in theaters. McCreary sits on the Board of the

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(PGA) and as of June 2014, was elected along with

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. McCreary still holds this post. She is the Founder of the PGA's Motion Picture Technology Committee and sits on the Producers Council of the PGA and on the Technology Committee of the American Society of Cinematographers. She is also a member of The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (

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) and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (

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). In addition, she was profiled by

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in its 100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood issue.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (2019) * '' Madam Secretary'' (CBS TV Series 2014–2019) Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 * The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman *

* The C Word (2016 film) * Curiosity: Season 1, Episode 5 - Is There a Parallel Universe? (4 Sep. 2011) * Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Discovery Science Channel TV Series 2010-2015) Seasons 1 to Season 6 * 2012 Image Control Assessment Series (2012) * Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking (2014) (TV) * "Man vs. the Universe" (2014) * '' 5 Flights Up'' (2014) * ''

'' (2012) (completed) (producer) * '' Invictus'' (2009) (completed) (producer) * ''

'' (2008) (completed) (producer) * '' Thick as Thieves'' (2008) (completed) (producer) * ''

Feast of Love ''Feast of Love'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Robert Benton, and starring an ensemble cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Davalos, Toby Hemingway, and Jane Alexander. Th ...

'' (2007) (completed) (executive producer) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Levity'' (2003) (executive producer) * '' 10 Items or Less'' (2006) (producer) * '' Along Came a Spider'' (2001) (company credit) * '' Under Suspicion'' (2000) (producer) (credited as Lori Mccreary) * '' Mutiny'' (1999) (TV) (executive producer) * ''

'' (1993) (co-producer)

References

External links

Revelations Entertainment
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at Clickstar.

May 9, 2002.
ClickStar
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCreary, Lori American computer scientists Film producers from California People from Antioch, California Year of birth missing (living people) American women computer scientists Living people 21st-century American women UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni