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Doug Pray
Director

Doug Pray

Denver, Colorado, USA

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");... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
Levitated Mass

Levitated Mass

Doug Pray 2013 1h 28m

The artist behind the sensation of a $10 million, 22-city tour, and the international media storm that ensued.

Art & Copy

Art & Copy

Doug Pray 2009 1h 29m

Art & Copy reveals the stories behind and the personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of our time and their campaigns.

Surfwise

Surfwise

Doug Pray 2007 1h 33m 7.0

The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in a small camper on the beach, where they surfed and had to adhere to the strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild.

Scratch

Scratch

Doug Pray 2001 1h 32m

A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers wax poetic on beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl.

Hype!

Hype!

Doug Pray 1996 1h 24m

This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy metal, and innovation. Building from the grass roots, self-promoted and self-recorded until break-out success of bands like Nirvana brought the record industry to the Pacific Northwest, a phenomenon was born.

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