Gregg P. Sullivan

Gregg P. Sullivan is an American film studio executive. He is known for his work as a technical director, as well as an audio technician and cameraman at CBS Cable; working on local and network news, NFL Today, and 60 minutes. He also spent 10 years in Hollywood as the founder and chairman and CEO of American Film Location Co., Front Street Studios, Ambassador Studios and Queen of Angels Studios, where he facilitated over 300 major feature film productions. Sullivan also worked as a consultant for the University of Southern California (USC) on internet technology development for film industry use. Working in association the California Department of Commerce and the California State Film Commission, he founded the trade association, The Association of Film Location Services in 1991. Sullivan also sat on the Board of Directors of the Hollywood-based environmental organization ECO (Earth Communications Office), on the development and marketing committees for the historic preservation group the Los Angeles Conservancy and on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) Entertainment Industry Roundtable think tank. BaysideLiveTV is the nation's first community-based, neighborhood web TV channel, highlighting the individuals, institutions, and activities of the local community.
Career
Sullivan began his career in radio with NPR, formerly known as National Public Radio, and WBAI, part of the Pacifica Radio Network. During his time at CBS he also working on the soap operas Guiding Light and As the World Turns. His work in television in his early career gave him experience with both local and network news.
Sullivan is originally from New York, but moved out to Los Angeles where he started his own film studios and also began to develop real estate. In Hollywood, he worked with movie companies such as Paramount Pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal, and Sony. He worked on more than 300 films during his career, including Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, and Doc Hollywood. Sullivan made the news in 1991 with the announced closing of Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood. The location was used for shows including Shannon's Deal, with the nursing home residents also earning money for their appearances. During his time with the company, he oversaw the creation of the location industries Code of Conduct and the formation of the Ethics Committee and Arbitration Panels and 32 private film location companies. During 2010, he took on a new role as the executive director of the Bayside Village Business Improvement District (BID). Initially he was the sole member to volunteer as the interim director to fill the vacancy, and was then hired as the full-time director a short time later, where he ended a 17-year drought of street activity to create arts and crafts festivals, music festivals, and street fairs. At that time he also stated that he would focus on his business, BaysideLiveTV. By the Fall, Sullivan began BaysideLiveTV's Facebook page.
Sullivan expanded BaysideLiveTV in 2014 with a new 3.0 version, in an attempt to mimic NY1's "micro market station" distribution, promoting that profits from the endeavor will be donated to the Bayside Historical Society, a promise that shows no merit in years since.
In 2015, Sullivan organized an interview for the BaysideLiveTV with Broadway show Dinner with the Boys, written by Dan Lauria and starring Ray Abruzzo and Richard Zavaglia.<ref name"QChronicaDines" /> The cast toured the Bayside area and later appeared in an interview with Sullivan on his BaysideLiveTV.<ref name"QChronicaDines" />

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