Doug Pray
Doug Pray is an American documentary film director, cinematographer, and editor who often explores unique subcultures in his films. His work includes Surfwise (2008) a portrait of the nomadic, 11-member Doc Paskowitz family (often referred to as the "first family of surfing"); Big Rig (2008), a documentary about truck drivers; Infamy (2005), a documentary about graffiti culture; Red Diaper Baby (2004) a solo-performance film starring Josh Kornbluth; Scratch (2001), a documentary about turntablism and DJ culture; and his first feature, Hype! (1996), a documentary about the explosion and exploitation of the Seattle grunge scene of the early '90's. His most recent films are "Levitated Mass," (2013) a film about the creation of Michael Heizer's massive new sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Emmy Award-winning Art & Copy, a film about advertising and creativity that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and was distributed by PBS.
In addition to his documentaries, Doug Pray has directed a number of non-fiction style commercials and commissioned short films. In 2006, he won an Emmy Award in for an advocacy campaign about HIV-AIDS awareness. Doug Pray was born in Denver, Colorado, he grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, has a BA in sociology from Colorado College, and an MFA from UCLA's School of Film and Television. He resides in Los Angeles and is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmography (director)
- Hype! (1996)
- Scratch (2001)
- Sundance 20 (2002)
- Veer (2004)
- Red Diaper Baby (2004)
- Infamy (2005)
- Big Rig (2008)
- Surfwise (2008)
- Art & Copy (2009)
- Levitated Mass (2013)
External links
- Official website
- Doug Pray at the Internet Movie Database
- Art & Copy
- Surfwise
- Big Rig
- Infamy
- SWINDLE Magazine article on the making of "Big Rig"
- Levitated Mass, a film about Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer
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