Bob Ray is an independent American filmmaker based in Austin, Texas.In 1994 Ray founded the production company CrashCam Films. CrashCam Films' first productions were narrative Super 8 mm films and music videos. Bob Ray's in-camera-edited Super 8 short “Sweet Sweetroll’s BaadAsssss Spin” found its way onto indie producer John Pierson’s show Split/Screen on the Independent Film Channel and Bravo (television network).Ray made his feature film debut with the rock ‘n’ roll stoner cult film Rock Opera. Ray wrote and directed Rock Opera with very limited resources. The film has accumulated several rave reviews and a 2003 High Times Magazine nomination for a Stony Film Award.Ray has produced and directed several music videos, including a video for the Grammy nominated song “Fried Chicken and Coffee” by Nashville Pussy, and videos for songs by The Riverboat Gamblers, U.S.S. Friendship, Dambaby (featuring Sam McCandless of Cold), The Phantom Creeps and more.Continuing his close affiliation with the music community, Ray has worked with The Polyphonic Spree, The Black Eyed Peas, Eels, Jerry Cantrell, Blur, Supergrass, The Rapture, Junior Brown, Jurassic Five, Puffy, Modest Mouse, Pete Yorn, Clinic, Starsailor, Don Walser, The Shins, Ozo Matli, Stephen Malkmus, Hank Williams III, X-Ecutioners, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and many others.in 2007, Ray completed work on a critically acclaimed feature length documentary film about the resurgence of all-girl roller derby. Hell on Wheels tells the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect the sport of roller derby.Also in 2007, Ray launched CrashToons, the animation arm to CrashCam Films, and has been consistently creating short animated films. Current CrashToons titles include "APESH!T," "Platypus Rex," "CrashToons Presents," Rooster Lollipop," and "Limp Dictionary." Ray's animated shorts have been seen at a bevy of film festivals, on SuperDeluxe.com and currently, Playboy.com is airing two animated series created by Ray.Bob Ray premiered his new film, Total Badass, a documentary about Austin raconteur Chad Holt on May 19, 2010. Forgoing the usual route of signing a deal with a movie distributor, the movie will instead be showcased at different venues around the United States, along with some of the filmmaker's other independent films, such as the 2007's documentary Hell on Wheels and Ray's animated shorts, CrashToons.
February 2, 2016, Cundys Harbor, Maine, United States
Profession
Director, Editor, Writer
Parents
Karen Simmons, Bobby Ray Simmons
Nominations
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Rap Song, Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, MTV Europe Music Award for Best World Stage Performance, Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance, MTV Video Music ...
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Road Kill
2012
Short
Sacked
2012
Short
The Adam Reposa Saga
2012
Short
Slacker 2011
2011
segment "Bus & Taxi"
Platypus Rex's ABC-Hole
2010
Short
Total Badass
2010
Documentary
Spanish Lessons with Chupacabra Volume 7: Conversational Spanish
2009
Short
Night of the Kung Fu Zombie Bastards from Hell!
2008
Short
Platypus Rex in Hymenoplasty
2008
Short
Apesh!t: Road Trip
2008
Short
Apesh!t: Wa-hoo
2007
Short
Hell on Wheels
2007/I
Documentary
Hillbilly Doomsday
2004
Short
Six in Austin: Wrecked
2002
Rock Opera
1999
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Road Kill
2012
Short
Sacked
2012
Short
Total Badass
2010
Documentary
Spanish Lessons with Chupacabra Volume 7: Conversational Spanish
2009
Short
Night of the Kung Fu Zombie Bastards from Hell!
2008
Short
Platypus Rex in Hymenoplasty
2008
Short
Apesh!t: Road Trip
2008
Short
Apesh!t: Wa-hoo
2007
Short
Hillbilly Doomsday
2004
Short
Forever Loyal: A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field
2003
Video
Six in Austin: Wrecked
2002
Rock Opera
1999
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Road Kill
2012
Short writer
Sacked
2012
Short writer
Platypus Rex's ABC-Hole
2010
Short
Spanish Lessons with Chupacabra Volume 7: Conversational Spanish
2009
Short screen story
Night of the Kung Fu Zombie Bastards from Hell!
2008
Short written by
Platypus Rex in Hymenoplasty
2008
Short written by
Apesh!t: Road Trip
2008
Short written by
Apesh!t: Wa-hoo
2007
Short
Hillbilly Doomsday
2004
Short
Six in Austin: Wrecked
2002
Rock Opera
1999
writer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Total Badass
2010
Documentary producer
Spanish Lessons with Chupacabra Volume 7: Conversational Spanish
2009
Short producer
Platypus Rex in Hymenoplasty
2008
Short producer
Apesh!t: Road Trip
2008
Short producer
Apesh!t: Wa-hoo
2007
Short executive producer
Hell on Wheels
2007/I
Documentary co-executive producer / producer
Hillbilly Doomsday
2004
Short producer
Forever Loyal: A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field
2003
Video executive producer
Rock Opera
1999
executive producer
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013
Documentary second unit cinematographer
Total Badass
2010
Documentary camera operator
Secrets of the Tribe
2010
Documentary second camera: USA
How's Your News?
2009
TV Series camera operator - 2 episodes
The Kids of Widney High
2008
Documentary camera operator
The Journeyman
2001
second assistant camera
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Total Badass
2010
Documentary
Night of the Kung Fu Zombie Bastards from Hell!
2008
Short
Hell on Wheels
2007/I
Documentary
Hillbilly Doomsday
2004
Short
Horns and Halos
2002
Documentary
Six in Austin: Wrecked
2002
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Platypus Rex's ABC-Hole
2010
Short animator / character designer
Spanish Lessons with Chupacabra Volume 7: Conversational Spanish