Doug Pray

Who is 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 a portrait of the nomadic, 11-member Doc Paskowitz family; Big Rig, a documentary about truck drivers; Infamy, a documentary about graffiti culture; Red Diaper Baby a solo-performance film starring Josh Kornbluth; Scratch, a documentary about turntablism and DJ culture; and his first feature, Hype!, a documentary about the explosion and exploitation of the Seattle grunge scene of the early '90's. His most recent films are "Levitated Mass," 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.