Rick Ray

Rick Ray is an American filmmaker best known for his 2006 documentary film 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama which he wrote, filmed and directed.

Career

Before 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama, Ray had produced eleven travel documentaries including "The Soul of India", "Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma" (narrated by Martin Sheen), "Morocco", "Jerusalem: Sacred and Profane", and "Lost Worlds of the Middle East".

Education

Rick Ray graduated with a degree in film from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1981. He apprenticed on the television show "Ripley's Believe it or Not!" for two years. At one time he served as chauffeur to Jack Palance. He then spent several years traveling around the world with only a backpack, camera and notebook.

Business

In 2000, Ray founded [http://www.dvarchive.com DVArchive.com] , an internet based stock footage library with the intent of making the imagery from his extensive travels available to a wide variety of film and media producers.

Ray's footage has appeared in such films as "An Inconvenient Truth", "Contact", the television series "Curb Your Enthusiasm", as well as the concert videos of Bruce Springsteen, Liz Phair and Roger Waters, among others.

From 2003 to 2007, Ray taught documentary filmmaking at Brooks Institute of Photography. He has been a guest lecturer at hundreds of universities and has made seven appearances at the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C.

Filmography

*"Morocco" (2008)

*10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006)

*"Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories" (2004)

*"The Soul of India" (2002)

*"Lost Worlds of the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel" (2001)

*"Elvis: His Life and Times" (1997) (TV)

*"Jerusalem: Sacred and Profane" (1997)

*"Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma" (1996)

*"America Comes to Graceland" (1993) (TV)

External links

* [http://www.rickrayfilms.com Rick Ray Films]

*imdb name|2120619

* [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/05/23/tenquestionsforthedalailama Minnesota Public Radio interview]