Gregory Zide grew up on the South Side of Chicago and in Wisconsin. For the last several years he has lived and worked in Los Angeles in multiple capacities in the Entertainment and Media Content industries including in Creative Development, Content Production and Finance & Accounting. A graduate of Occidental College and The New Actors Workshop (with the late George Morrison, Mike Nichols and Paul Sills), he most recently worked for Awesomeness TV developing their budget and production tracking system for their enormously successful short-form content for multiple new media platforms.