A native of Oklahoma, Greg Coolidge moved to Los Angeles and immediately found success producing and starring in the Sundance Film Festival favorite Possums. With the momentum of the film, Coolidge began to expand his career by co-writing New Line Cinema's Truth or Dare, Walt Disney Studios' cult hit Sorority Boys and its sequel, followed by First, Last and Security, also for Disney.
Coolidge then broke out on his own, writing and selling The Sachem Cup to Revolution Studios and That's Amore to DreamWorks Animation. He became an increasingly in-demand comedy writer, closing a seven-figure deal at Paramount Pictures for Cockblocker, with Seann William Scott and Topher Grace attached.
Coolidge created Rev'ved for FOX Television, and 5-0 and Procedural for NBCUniversal Television, translating his success from the big to small screen. In addition, Coolidge collaborated with the Job Factory, a group of fellow comedy writers, on Longshots and Uncoachable for Disney, and Supermovie for Revolution.
Coolidge followed his success as a writer with his directorial debut Employee of the Month, which starred Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard, for Lionsgate. He then began producing his original spec Mancrush, with fellow Job Factory member Rob McKittrick, for New Line Cinema.
More recently, Coolidge co-created, directed and executive produced the WGA Award-winning action-adventure series The Troop for Nickelodeon. Following 40 episodes in back-to-back seasons, and establishing himself as an accomplished writer, director and producer, Coolidge teamed up with Josh Cagan, another Job Factory member, and scripted Coolidge's pitch Dirty Old Men, which was purchased by Warner Bros. and has Morgan Freeman attached to produce and star.
Realizing you can accomplish twice as much when collaborating, Coolidge partnered with Kirk Ward to help polish the script to the New Line Cinema feature For Sale, starring T.I., which Coolidge is set to direct.
Coolidge and Ward sold The Last Ninja, a live-action big-budget adventure series, to Cartoon Network. They then sold Take My Wife to Lionsgate, starring Tyler Perry and Dwayne Johnson. They followed that up with the commercial hit Ride Along for Universal Pictures, which starred Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. Most recently, Coolidge and Ward wrote The Expendables pilot for Lionsgate.
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