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
BornApril 15th
EducationMFA Film Production, University of Texas Austin
BA Visual Arts Media, University of California San Diego
OccupationDirector

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
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
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
  1. Hassan, Joseph (6 May 2010). "Need To Know: PJ Raval". Out. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. "LAFF '08 INTERVIEW "Trinidad" Co-Directors Jay Hodges and PJ Raval". IndieWire. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. Raval, PJ (8 March 2013). "PJ Raval Explores Being Gay and Retired in 'Before You Know It'". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. "Review: 'Call Her Ganda' Explores the Murder of a Transgender Woman". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  5. "PJ Ravel Faculty Profile". Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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