Biography

Gregg was born in 1951 to a second generation sound family. His first job, as a film cleaner at Disney Studios, eventually led him to run the dub stage machine room. Gregg has worked as a television and film mixer for several studios including Universal Studios, Goldwyn Studios and currently Warner Bros. Studios.

Gregg has earned great praise for his talent in the sound industry, earning him award nominations from the Motion Picture Academy, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Cinema Audio Society. Gregg has won the Oscar for Best Sound for the films "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), "Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)", "Speed (1994)" and "Dunkirk (2017)". He has also won B.A.F.T.A awards for Best Sound on the features "JFK (1991)", "Speed (1994)" and "Dunkirk (2017)".

Gregg's most recent works as a re-recording mixer include "RED 2 (2013)", "The Conjuring (2013)", "Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)", "The Hangover Part III (2013)", and "The Dark Knight Rises (2012)".
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As of 2018, the year of his retirement, he has contributed with the sound department of seven films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Ordinary People (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Broadcast News (1987), The Godfather Part III (1990), JFK (1991), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) and Dunkirk (2017). Of those, Ordinary People (1980) is a winner in the category.

During his acceptance speech at the BAFTA Awards for Best Sound for his work on Dunkirk (2017), he mentioned that the film was his 207th and last, as he was officially retiring (Royal Albert Hall London / 18 February 2018).