PJ Raval
PJ Raval is an American cinematographer and filmmaker. Raval was named one of Filmmaker's 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2006, and was featured in the 2010 Out 100.
PJ Raval | |
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Born | April 15th |
Education | MFA Film Production, University of Texas Austin BA Visual Arts Media, University of California San Diego |
Occupation | Director |
Career
PJ Raval's 2008 documentary film Trinidad was co-directed with Jay Hodges. Trinidad focuses on Dr. Marci Bowers and two of her patients who are going through sex reassignment surgery in Trinidad, Colorado.[1][2]
The documentary Before You Know It was released in 2013 and focuses on gay seniors. The film was inspired by a screening of Trinidad at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, where Raval met a group of gay seniors.[3]
Raval is the director of the 2018 documentary Call Her Ganda.[4]
Raval is also an Associate Professor in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin.[5]
Filmography
Features
Year | Title | Contribution | Notes |
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2002 | The Politics of Fur | Associate Producer | |
2003 | Girl Wrestler | Additional Camera Operator | |
2005 | Room | Cinematographer | Won – Woodstock Film Festival Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography |
2005 | Troop 1500 | Cinematographer | |
2006 | The Cassidy Kids | Cinematographer | |
2006 | Slam Planet | Additional Camera Operator | |
2006 | When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan | Additional Camerawork | |
2006 | Gretchen | Cinematographer | |
2007 | The Devil Came on Horseback | Additional Cinematographer | |
2008 | Trouble the Water | Cinematographer | |
2008 | Critical condition | Additional Camera | |
2008 | Dirt | Cinematographer | |
2008 | Trinidad | Director/Producer/Cinematographer | Won – Cleveland International Film Festival Award for Best Documentary Nominated – Los Angeles Film Festival Award for Best Documentary |
2009 | The 2 Bobs | Cinematographer | |
2009 | Along Came Kinky ... Texas Jewboy for Governor | Camera Operator | |
2009 | Winnebago Man | Additional Photography | |
2009 | Sunshine | Additional Cinematography | |
2011 | Slacker | Director (segment: "Rantings") | |
2011 | Habibi Rasak Kharban | Cinematographer | |
2012 | Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines | Additional cinematography | |
2012 | Sunset Stories | Cinematographer | |
2012 | Foreplay | Cinematographer | |
2012 | The Bounceback | Cinematographer | |
2013 | Before You Know It | Director/Producer | Won – Dallas Asian Film Festival Best Documentary Won – Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award Nominated - Austin Film Critics Association Austin Film Award |
2018 | Call Her Ganda | Director/Producer | Won – Inside Out Toronto Film Festival Award for Best Documentary
Won – Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding North American Documentary Feature |
Television work
Year | Title | Contribution | Notes |
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2004-2010 | Independent Lens | Camera Operator/Sound | Season 6, Episode 6: "Girl Wrestler" Season 7, Episode 17: "Troop 1500" Season 11, Episode 24: "Sunshine" Season 11, Episode 25: "The Horse Boy" |
2008 | POV | Camera Operator | Season 21, Episode 9: "Critical Condition" |
References
- Hassan, Joseph (6 May 2010). "Need To Know: PJ Raval". Out. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "LAFF '08 INTERVIEW "Trinidad" Co-Directors Jay Hodges and PJ Raval". IndieWire. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- Raval, PJ (8 March 2013). "PJ Raval Explores Being Gay and Retired in 'Before You Know It'". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Review: 'Call Her Ganda' Explores the Murder of a Transgender Woman". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "PJ Ravel Faculty Profile". Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 5 January 2021.