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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, USA

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Movie Involvements: 15

TV Involvements: 5


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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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 film Art & Copy, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, is about advertising and creativity 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Pray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Defiant Ones
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The Defiant Ones

(2017) Executive Producer
Home
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8

Home

(2020) Director
Hype!
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7

Hype!

(1996) Editor
Love, Lizzo
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5

Love, Lizzo

(2022) Producer
Scratch
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8

Scratch

(2001) Editor
Art & Copy
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7

Art & Copy

(2009) Director
Infamy
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6

Infamy

(2005) Director
Levitated Mass
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8

Levitated Mass

(2013) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1998 Band at Party
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Producer
2021 Consulting Producer
Executive Producer
2017 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Additional Editing
2017 Editor
2001 Editor
1996 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Writer
2007 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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