Doug Claybourne

Birth Name:

Wayne Douglas Claybourne

Birth Place:

Houston, Texas, United States

Profession

Producer, Assistant director, Production manager, Editorial department

Graduated from the University of Tulsa after which he studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles
Only considered a job in the entertainment industry in his mid 20s after working as an art director for Francis Ford Coppola
Quote: "You know what's funny about life is be careful what you ask for, because you're gonna get it․ I kind of put out in the universe I want to make a movie about Santa Claus, and the next thing I know I get a call from Disney․"
After years making films, he would venture into the direction of stage productions, starting with off-Broadway plays in the mid 2000s
Signed on as Francis Ford Coppola's assistant director by the late '70s, a job that would earn him numerous accolades over the course of their several projects together
Started the production company Poetry & Pictures Inc․ with fellow collaborators L․D․ Napier and Ryan Covert
Agreed to work with Coppola for an eight week trial basis on the film "Apocalypse Now" to see if he enjoyed the filmmaking process which eventually turned into a three year relationship
Made "Ernest Save Christmas" as a birthday gift to his young daughter and "The Fast and the Furious" for his son
While not working in the filmmaking industry, he is an avid painter of watercolors and writer of poetry, both of which have been published professionally

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