A Run For More Director, RAY WHITEHOUSE, as the JULY 2022 Filmmaker of the Month
“The District of Columbia Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment (OCTFME) is pleased to recognize RAY WHITEHOUSE as the July 2022 Filmmaker of the Month.
Ray Whitehouse works at the intersection of documentary film and journalism. He studied journalism at Northwestern University and got his M.A. in visual communication at UNC Chapel Hill. While in school, he interned at four newspapers and pursued his own photo and video projects. Ray grew to love the craft of visual storytelling, dedicating his last ten years to the field. The core tenets of his practice are transparency, collaboration, and critical reflexivity.
Ray most recently directed and served as director of photography on the documentary, A Run for More, which premiered at the 2022 Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, the longest-running and largest recognized LGBTQ+ film exhibition event in the world. A Run for More tells the story of Texas transgender politician Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe who sought to become the first openly transgender elected official in Texas. This important and impactful film immerses viewers on Frankie’s journey as she finds her voice, questions her relationship to community, and tries to win an election.
Ray has worked as a director of photography/cinematographer on more than 20 documentary features and filmed, produced, and edited projects for The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, and Univision, among others. He is the community coordinator for the D.C. chapter of Video Consortium and a regional co-chair of the Documentary Producers Alliance.”