Doug Pray

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 11member 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 soloperformance 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 90s 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 nonfiction style commercials and commissioned short films In 2006 he won an Emmy award in for an advocacy campaign about HIVAIDS 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 UCLAs 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia