Tim Gray

Tim Gray

História

Tim Gray, Founder, and President of the WWII Foundation has won 5 Regional Emmy Awards for documentary film writing and outstanding documentary film. The Foundation has also captured three prestigious Indie Film Fest Awards in that international competition. Most prestigiously, the World War II Foundation, and Tim Gray Media have also been recognized with American Public Television’s prestigious National Programming Excellence Award. Tim is also a frequent contributor to Fox News Channel, sharing the personal stories of the World War II generation with a global television audience. Tim’s 28 films produced to date have taken him to Guadalcanal, Corregidor, Bataan, Manila, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, the Russell Islands, Banika, Peleliu, Guam and the Republic of Palau. In addition to trips to Iwo Jima (2021), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (10 times), Normandy, France (15 trips), Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland (including Auschwitz and Treblinka Concentration Camp locations), the Czech Republic, Germany and the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC to meet the president. World War II Foundation/Tim Gray Media films consistently rank in the top-5 of most requested programs nationally by PBS affiliates. Prior to 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 as well as a top feature reporter. Tim is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island 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’s Orange County Choppers, CNN, C-Span, PBS stations around the country and the United States Armed Forces Radio Network and in newspapers such as USA Today, the Boston Globe and many others.

Perfil

Tim Gray

Filmes

Elvis and the USS Arizona
Elvis and the USS Arizona
Writer
The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.
Elvis and the USS Arizona
Elvis and the USS Arizona
Producer
The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.
Elvis and the USS Arizona
Elvis and the USS Arizona
Director
The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Producer
Narrated by country music star Luke Bryan, the hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who served on the battleship, the film follows the USS Missouri from its construction, through varied battles in the Pacific, to its final resting place as a memorial and museum in Pearl Harbor.
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Writer
Narrated by country music star Luke Bryan, the hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who served on the battleship, the film follows the USS Missouri from its construction, through varied battles in the Pacific, to its final resting place as a memorial and museum in Pearl Harbor.
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Director
Narrated by country music star Luke Bryan, the hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who served on the battleship, the film follows the USS Missouri from its construction, through varied battles in the Pacific, to its final resting place as a memorial and museum in Pearl Harbor.
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
Director
On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. This film documents the experiences of 1st Marine Division veterans who took part in the historic fight.
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
Writer
On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. This film documents the experiences of 1st Marine Division veterans who took part in the historic fight.
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
Producer
On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. This film documents the experiences of 1st Marine Division veterans who took part in the historic fight.
D-Day: Over Normandy
D-Day: Over Normandy
Director
Narrated by the only 5-time Super Bowl winning head coach in NFL history, the New England Patriots Bill Belichick. The World War II Foundation hired one of France's top aerial Drone camera companies to film some of the most iconic locations in Normandy from D-Day. The result is some of the most spectacular scenes of the landing beaches and battlefields viewers have ever seen.
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 - American Soldiers Remember D-Day
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 - American Soldiers Remember D-Day
Producer
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing by bringing together American D-Day veterans to share their experiences from that fateful day. As they vividly recall details from their ordeal--from the perils of the amphibious assault to the invasion's gruesome aftermath--their testimony yields long-buried and often painful memories. They recount their transformations from boys to men, reveal their uneasiness with the term "hero," and grapple with why they survived when so many others did not.
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 - American Soldiers Remember D-Day
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 - American Soldiers Remember D-Day
Writer
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing by bringing together American D-Day veterans to share their experiences from that fateful day. As they vividly recall details from their ordeal--from the perils of the amphibious assault to the invasion's gruesome aftermath--their testimony yields long-buried and often painful memories. They recount their transformations from boys to men, reveal their uneasiness with the term "hero," and grapple with why they survived when so many others did not.
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 - American Soldiers Remember D-Day
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 - American Soldiers Remember D-Day
Director
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing by bringing together American D-Day veterans to share their experiences from that fateful day. As they vividly recall details from their ordeal--from the perils of the amphibious assault to the invasion's gruesome aftermath--their testimony yields long-buried and often painful memories. They recount their transformations from boys to men, reveal their uneasiness with the term "hero," and grapple with why they survived when so many others did not.
A Promise to My Father
A Promise to My Father
Director
We re-trace the steps of Holocaust survivor Israel Arbeiter as he returns to Poland and Germany for the final time to look for items buried in 1939 in the basement of his old home in Plock, Poland as the German army advanced. We also travel with "Izzy" to Treblinka death camp where his parents and younger brother were murdered and to other camps, most notably Auschwitz-Birkenau, where "Izzy" used the motivation of his father's final words to him to stay alive.
Escape from Davao: 1943
Escape from Davao: 1943
Director
April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escape from one of Japan's most notorious prison camps.
Dick Winters: Hang Tough
Dick Winters: Hang Tough
Director
Narrator Damian Lewis tells the story of the building and dedication of the Richard D. Winters Leadership monument in Normandy, France in June of 2012. The film focuses on the leader of World War II's "Band of Brothers" and the leadership skills he possessed. A never before seen interview with the late Major Winters is utilized, as well as interviews with the "Band of Brothers" who are still alive.
A Company of Heroes
A Company of Heroes
Director
You've heard about the Band of Brothers but did you know there is a whole group of lesser-known heroes from Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne? Hear their amazing stories in this eye-opening documentary!
WWII: Saving The Reality
WWII: Saving The Reality
Director
See Kenneth W. Rendell's collection of over 6,000 artifacts that range from the end of World War I and the rise of Nazism to the start of World War II and the fight in Europe and the Pacific.
D-Day: The Price Of Freedom
D-Day: The Price Of Freedom
Director
D-Day, June 6, 1944, was a turning point in the history of the world and thousands of young Americans played an important role that day. Travel with several of these men as they return to the beaches of Normandy to tell their stories of survival.