GENE GRAHAM: After earning his B.S in Advertising and Marketing Communications with a 3.6 gpa in 2003, and an Activities and Societies Presidential Scholar, Gene began his editing journey at Alphamedica in Tarrytown, NY, as in-house video editor/producer, with duties such as: patient & HCP interviews/testimonials, sourcing crews, locations, travel, editing/finessing all digital, social and live events, working closely with marketing and writing teams. He created sizzle reels and manifesto videos for business development. Then in 2010 he began freelancing first at Razorfish, then at 360i and a number of large digital, traditional amd pr communication firms with the New York agency universe and worked on productions for Mercedes Benz, Ford, PNC Bank, Morgan Stanley, Oreo Cookie, Capital One, Oscar Meyer, Celebrity Cruises, Oral B, Allergan, Unilever, Pfizer, Warner Bros, HBO, Showtime, Telepictures, In Demand, Ralph Lauren, Macy’s and more. He also worked on the Biden/Harris campaign, the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Announcement, the Education Writers Association and more. This is the backstory to his evolving into an award winning filmmaker which began in 2006 as Winner, BlockBuster Audience Award for Best Picture/Feature and Best Performance by Actor, Loretta Devine, Dirty Laundry from the American Black Film Festival which he edited and associate produced and was distributed by LIONSGATE; in 2007- Winner, Jury Award for Best Documentary and Winner, Emerging Filmmaker Award,The Godfather of Disco, from the Fire Island Film & Video Festival; in 2008- Nominated, Best Independent Film, Dirty Laundry, NAACP Image Awards and Nominated, Best Feature Film/Limited Release, Dirty Laundry from GLAAD Awards; 2018- Winner, Special Jury Recognition for Best Cast, This One’s For The Ladies, from SXSW Film Festival and was acquired for worldwide distribution by NEON and released theatrically nationwide, and streamed on HULU and available VOD/SVOD platforms, as well as Nominated, Best Documentary, This One For The Ladies from both SXSW & IndieMemphis; 2019- Winner, Best Documentary, This One For The Ladies from NC Black Film Festival and Filmmaker in Residence, from Docs In Progress, Washington DC. In 2021, Gene wrote, directed and edited his short film, Jac On The Come Up, which is presently on 2022’s festival circuit, while his new film Born Again Reject is about to be shot this summer. He enthusiastically looks forward to more in the feature realm within the near future. Great director to work with. Follow his journey at: https://determinedpictures.com/
