Lori McCreary is an Americanfilm producer. She is CEO of the production companyRevelations Entertainment, which she co-founded with actorMorgan Freeman.^[1]

McCreary grew up inAntioch, California. She graduated fromAntioch High School in 1979.^[2]

McCreary graduated fromUCLA with a degree in Computer Science in 1984. While in college, she co-founded the legal software company CompuLaw.^[3][4]

McCreary's appreciation for the stage playBopha! Inspired her to go into motion picture production.

McCreary first met actorMorgan Freeman, who was signed to direct thefilm adaptation, inArsenio Hall's office on theParamount Pictures Lot in 1992.^[5]

Later, the pair partnered to formRevelations Entertainment in 1996 with a mission to produce entertainment "that reveals the truth." As Revelations CEO, McCreary producedThe Magic of Belle Isle, directed byRob Reiner. Before that, she producedInvictus, directed byClint Eastwood, with Freeman starring asNelson Mandela and co-starringMatt Damon.

She is currently the Executive Producer of CBS's hit seriesMadam Secretary, which starsTéa Leoni.^[6] She is also the Executive producer ofThe Story of God with Morgan Freeman, the highest-rated series in NatGeo's history, and the expansion seriesThe Story of Us with Morgan Freeman. She was the Executive Producer of Discovery Science'sThrough the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.

McCreary's additional producer credits include Mimi Leder'sThick as Thieve withAntonio Banderas andThe Maiden Heist starringChristopher Walken,William H. Macy,Marcia Gay Harden andMorgan Freeman. Revelations also co-producedAlong Came a Spider for Paramount Pictures.

In July 2005, Revelations Entertainment teamed withIntel to form a new digital entertainment company,ClickStar.^[7] ClickStar officially launched its site on December 15, 2006, and it was the first website to make a movie legally (Revelation's10 Items or Less) available for download while it was still in theaters.

McCreary sits on the Board of theProducers Guild of America (PGA) and, as of June 2014, was elected along withGary Lucchesi. 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 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,The Hollywood Reporter profiled her in its 100 Most Powerful Women inHollywood issue.^[8]

• In Our Blood (2024)
• The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019)
• Madam Secretary (CBS TV Series 2014–2019) Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4
• The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
• The Story of God 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)
• 57 Seconds (2023)
• 5 Flights Up (2014)
• The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) (completed) (producer)
• Invictus (2009) (completed) (producer)
• The Maiden Heist (2008) (completed) (producer)
• Thick as Thieves (2008) (completed) (producer)
• Feast of Love (2007) (completed) (executive producer)
• The Contract (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)
• Bopha! (1993) (co-producer)

• Revelations Entertainment
• Lori McCreary atIMDb
• Lori McCreary profile at Clickstar.
• Interview with producer Lori McCreary, May 9, 2002.
• ClickStar