Greg M. Glienna (born in Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1963) is an American director and screenwriter best known as the creator of the original 1992 film Meet the Parents. Glienna also wrote A Guy Thing and wrote and directed Relative Strangers. He is also the co-author (with Mary Ruth Clarke) of the play Suffer the Long Night which had its Los Angeles premiere August 2008. Filmography Writer Slutvinka: With Love, from Russia! (2013) The Coin Machine (2012) Little Fockers (2010) (characters) The Elevator (2010) Relative Strangers (2006) (screenplay) (story) Meet the Fockers (2004) (characters) A Guy Thing (2003) (screenplay) (story) Meet the Parents (2000) (1992 screenplay) (story) Desperation Boulevard (1998) Meet the Parents (1992) Director Slutvinka: With Love, from Russia! (2013) The Coin Machine (2012) The Elevator (2010) Relative Strangers (2006) Desperation Boulevard (1998) The Can Man (1992) Meet the Parents (1992) Actor Slutvinka: With Love, from Russia! (2013) The Coin Machine (2012) The Elevator (2010) Desperation Boulevard (1998) Meet the Parents (1992) Producer The Elevator (2010) Meet the Parents (2000) References External links Wisconsin Public Television's Director's Cut episode on Greg Glienna - "Meet the Parents" American male screenwriters American male film actors Film producers from Illinois 1963 births Writers from Chicago People from Park Ridge, Illinois Living people Artists from Park Ridge, Illinois Film directors from Illinois Screenwriters from Illinois