Template:Multiple issuesLori McCreary is an American motion picture producer and computer scientist. She is co-founder and CEO of the production company Revelations Entertainment, which she co-founded with actor Morgan Freeman.McCreary graduated from UCLA with a degree in Computer Science. While still in college, she co-founded software company CompuLaw.McCreary's appreciation for the stage play Bopha! inspired her to go into motion picture production. Actor Morgan Freeman was signed to direct the film. Later, the pair partnered in the formation of Revelations Entertainment in 1996 with a mission to produce entertainment that reveals truth. As Revelations CEO, McCreary most recently produced The Magic of Belle Isle, directed by Rob Reiner. Before that, she produced Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, with Freeman starring in the long-awaited portrayal of Nelson Mandela and co-starring Matt Damon. In addition, she serves as the Executive Producer of Discovery Science's Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. Utilizing the latest work at NASA, the series explores how astrobiology, string theory, quantum mechanics and astrophysics are pushing the boundaries of our understanding of the universe.McCreary's additional producer credits include Mimi Leder's Thick as Thieves with Antonio Banderas and The Maiden Heist starring Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, Marcia Gay Harden and Morgan Freeman. Revelations also co-produced Along Came a Spider for Paramount Pictures.In July 2005, Revelations Entertainment teamed with Intel 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 Producers Guild of America. 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 (SMPTE) and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). In addition, she was profiled by The Hollywood Reporter in its 100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood issue.
Morgan Freeman says it was just a coincidence that he played God in a movie and that was "strictly a matter of learning a script." However, the Oscar winning actor has always been fascinated by questions of God. To understand mankind's religious devotion, Freeman traveled to 20 cities in seven countries to some of the world's greatest religious sites as part of his National Geographic Channel six episode series, "The Story of God with Morgan Freeman." There are "questions that we can't answer, except with God," notes Freeman, who has said in interviews that he believes that "the highest power is the human mind." Freeman narrates "Through the Wormhole," a Science Channel series that explores the mysteries of existence through astrophysics, quantum mechanics and string theory. In "The Story of God," Freeman, a producer on the series, asks questions like: Where do we come from? Why does evil exist? What do we mean by the apocalypse? The genesis for the series came about in the year 2000, when Freeman and producing partner Lori McCreary visited the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The museum was originally built around 1,400 years ago as a Christian cathedral, and then in 1935 was transformed into a mosque; so some of the iconography seemed like a contradiction. McCreary said she was surprised by - to learn that Jesus was considered a prophet in the Muslim faith. "I felt a little naive. I couldn't believe that I didn't know this," MeCreary explained. "Morgan and I began discussing it. If we don't have a handle on this then who does? Perhaps talking about God from our differences might enlighten us all, so that we can reach a hand across the table." For the show, Freeman traveled to places like the Ganges River, Rome and the Joel Osteen Lakewood megachurch in Texas to learn about the origins of the world's five main religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. Other places Freeman visited were Jerusalem's Wailing Wall, Guatemala's Mayan temples, Egypt's pyramids, Neolithic settlements in Turkey that dates to 7500 B.C., and Bodh Gaya, the holy shrine where Siddhartha had found enlightenment at the foot of the Bodhi Tree. One of the many things Freeman found interesting during his travels was how Hindus believe in reincarnation. "They don't necessarily glory in that belief," said the actor. "Reincarnation is a task. You have to keep at until you do it right or else you won't come back as a human and don't have to worry about it. You may be at it forever." Freeman said in some places he found answers, in others more questions. "The constant through it all is that we're all looking to be part of something bigger than us," Freeman said. "If there's one thing I've learned, it is that we certainly are".
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cold Warriors
producer pre-production
Rendezvous with Rama
producer announced
Madam Secretary
2014-2016
TV Series executive producer - 47 episodes
Food: Fact or Fiction?
2016
TV Series documentary executive producer - 2 episodes
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2016
TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes
The C Word
2016
Documentary producer
Through the Wormhole
2010-2016
TV Series documentary executive producer - 58 episodes
5 Flights Up
2014
producer
Man vs. the Universe
2014
TV Mini-Series executive producer
Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking
2014
TV Movie documentary executive producer
2012 Image Control Assessment Series Short
2012
Short producer
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
producer
Curiosity
2011
TV Series documentary executive producer - 1 episode
30 for 30
2010
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
Invictus
2009
producer
The Maiden Heist
2009
producer
Thick as Thieves
2009/I
producer
Feast of Love
2007
executive producer
The Contract
2006
executive producer
10 Items or Less
2006
producer
Levity
2003
executive producer
Under Suspicion
2000
producer - as Lori Mccreary
Mutiny
1999
TV Movie executive producer
Bopha!
1993
co-producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Charlie Rose
2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest
In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber
2009
TV Series
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Informational Series or Special
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016)
2012
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Science and Technology Programming
Through the Wormhole (2010)
2010
Black Reel
Black Reel Awards
Best Film
Invictus (2009)
2010
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
$18 Million
