{{Short description|American comedic writer, director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} '''Greg Scarnici''' (born April 8, 1972) is a television, film and music producer, DGA director, SAG/AFTRA performer, DJ and drag artist.
==Biography== Scarnici was born in Jamaica, Queens, and continues to work in New York City, where he balances work in theatre, film, and television.
He first gained fame for his viral music video parodies, featured on ''Anderson Cooper 360'', Fox News Channel, on VH1's ''Best Week Ever'' and in ''Entertainment Weekly'';<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/12/27/latest-parody-music-videos/ |title=The Latest in Parody Music Videos {{!}} Beyonce Knowles {{!}} Music Commentary {{!}} News + Notes |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-date=November 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121063134/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1553887,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as of 2016, the parodies had been viewed over ten million times on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Greg Scarnici|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/gregscarnici/about|via=YouTube|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> His work has also been featured on MTV, VH1, Fox News and CNN.
As of 2025, he was a senior associate producer at ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''),<ref>{{cite web|title = Greg Scarnici |url = https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0769214 |publisher = IMDb |access-date = June 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=That Time I Almost Fucked Up an Episode of Saturday Night Live|url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/greg-scarnici/2015/09/live-from-new-york/|website=Thought Catalog|date=September 22, 2015|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> having been associated with SNL since 2014. He has been a contributing writer for ''The Huffington Post''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greg Scarnici|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/gregscarnici-149|website=HuffPost|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref>
Scarnici has also been featured on the television shows ''30 Rock'', Nick Cannon's ''Short Circuitz'', ''Straight Plan for the Gay Man'', and ''Saturday Night Live'', where he has also contributed jokes and promos.
Associate-producer television credits include ''Saturday Night Live'', the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular, and the 2014 NBA All-Star Pre-Game Concert. Film credits include the 2000 independent film ''Glam-Trash'' and the short films ''Dead End'' and ''Children of the Dune''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greg Scarnici|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769214/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref>
==Books== In 2010, Scarnici released ''Sex in Drag'', a parody of American entertainer Madonna's book ''Sex''; the parody was photographed entirely on Fire Island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madonna's Infamous 'Sex' Book Reimagined (NSFW)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/21/sex-in-drag-madonna_n_6016534.html|website= HuffPost |date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>
In 2015, his first collection of comedic essays, ''I Hope My Mother Doesn't Read This'', was published by Thought Catalog books.<ref>{{cite web|title="I Hope My Mother Doesn't Read This" Author Greg Scarnici |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-cook/i-hope-my-mother-doesnt-r_1_b_8907894.html|website= HuffPost|accessdate=November 5, 2016|date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>
In March 2019, Scarnici released his second collection of comedic essays, ''Dungeons and Drag Queens'', about his experiences on Fire Island.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MPV18QV?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 |via=Amazon|title=Dungeons and Drag Queens: Fire Island Through the Eyes of Its Worst Drag Queen}}</ref>
In 2020, he released ''Hot Rods'', a parody of a vintage gay porn magazine from the 1970s shot entirely on Fire Island.
===Music=== In 2009, Scarnici released his debut collection of comedic dance tracks, entitled ''12 Inch Freak'', which features the single "Gimme More (Pills)", a parody of Britney Spears's hit "Gimme More".<ref>{{cite web|title=Britney Spears Parody – Gimme More (Pills)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20c07thws|via=YouTube|accessdate=November 5, 2016|date=September 20, 2007}}</ref>
He also produces house music, released under his own name and also with Joe Thompson, under the name Undercover.<ref>{{cite web|title=Undercover – Interview by Josh Sparber|url=http://fierth.com/2012/07/undercover-uncovered/|website=fierth.com|date=July 13, 2012|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> Their self-titled debut album was released in 2012, and their follow-up album, ''Night Beats'', was released in 2015.
Scarnici also produces and releases music under his drag queen alter ego, '''Levonia''', including the single "So Cunt" which was called The Song of the Summer on Jezebel.com,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beck|first1=Laura|title='So Cunt' Is the Summer Jam of 2013|url=https://jezebel.com/so-cunt-is-the-summer-jam-of-2013-809709680|website=Jezebel|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}</ref> Slate.com and PaperMag.com.<ref>{{cite web|title=Levonia Jenkins and La Lopez Embrace Their C*ntiness with "So C#nt"|url=http://www.papermag.com/levonia-jenkins-and-la-lopez-embrace-their-cntiness-with-so-cnt-1426998877.html|website= Paper |accessdate=November 5, 2016|date=July 18, 2013}}</ref>
== External links == * {{url|gregscarnici.com}}, Scarnici's official website * {{IMDb name|0769214}}
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