Tim Gray, Founder, Filmmaker
Tim Gray has won six Regional Emmy Awards for documentary film writing and outstanding documentary film. He has also been awarded many international awards, especially for his recent film on Oradour-sur-Glane, narrated by actor Jeff Daniels.
Most prestigiously, Tim Gray has been recognized with American Public Television’s National Programming Excellence Award.
Tim Gray has completed 40 documentaries. Tim has written, produced, and directed each film, lasting 60 to 90 minutes. These documentaries have taken Tim and his film teams to locations such as Guadalcanal, Corregidor, Bataan, Manila, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, the Russell Islands, Banika, Peleliu, Japan, Guam, and the Republic of Palau. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (15 times), Normandy, France (18 trips), Switzerland, Holland, England, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland (including the Auschwitz and Treblinka Concentration and Death Camp locations), the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, and all over the United States, including the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, where Tim met the President and presented him with 2 of his films.
In addition, Tim visited Iwo Jima and revisited Peleliu in 2023.
Tim Gray’s films consistently rank nationally in the top 5 of most requested programs by PBS and Public Television affiliates.
On June 6, 2012, Tim oversaw the dedication of the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument in Normandy, France, which has become one of the most visited monuments in Normandy. The 13-foot statue recognizes the leadership of all American junior officers on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Tim also founded the Normandie-World War II International Film & Media Festival in Saint-Come-du-Mont, France. It was the only film festival in the world focused strictly on documentaries and short films centered on the stories of World War II. 2022 marked the festival’s 6th and final year, attracting some of the world’s top actors and authors as speakers and veterans of WWII. It’s held at the beautiful D-Day Experience, which features a unique IMAX theater.
Tim has also been a frequent guest on FOX News’ national program The Story with Martha MacCallum, where he contributes to the network’s coverage of WWII events, issues, and stories.
On October 23, 2021, Tim Gray was inducted into the Rhode Island Hall of Fame. The RI Heritage Hall of Fame was established in 1965.
Tim and his staff lead an international film and history tour in Europe with 30 students every year. Tim and his film crew partner with the best film and history students from the University of Georgia, Syracuse University, and Davidson College, who help Tim and his film team shoot two international documentary films.
Before Tim Gray’s Documentary Film Work:
Tim worked as a television sports and news anchor and reporter for over 15 years in several states and U.S. markets, including Michigan, Washington State, Florida (Fort Myers and Orlando), New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. In 2000, Tim was appointed weekend sports anchor and sports/news reporter at Ch. 10 in Providence, another NBC affiliate. He held that job until 2004. While in Ft. Myers, FL, Tim was designated sportscaster of the year by the Florida Sportscaster’s Association and a top feature reporter.
Tim is a University of Rhode Island graduate with a degree in Journalism.
Through various initiatives, Tim Gray and his project work have appeared in and been featured on The Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, Discovery Channel, CNN, C-Span, PBS stations around the country and world, the United States Armed Forces Radio Network, the Associated Press, and in national and global newspapers and magazines.
