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PJ Raval is more recently known as an award-wng filmmaker than he is an ex-scientist born on Tax Day. Growg up as a queer, first-generatn Filipo Amerin a small, whe, nservative town California’s central valley, PJ’s outsir experience greatly shaped his filmmakg practice. PJ’s work explor the overlooked subcultur and inti wh the already margalized LGBTQ+ muny. Named one of Out Magaze’s ‘OUT 100′ and IndieWIRE’s ‘25 LGBT Filmmakers on the Rise 2019’, PJ’s body of film work has been distributed wily ternatnally and has been supported by the Guggenheim Foundatn, Bertha Foundatn, Arc Foundatn, Sundance, Center for Asian-Amerin Media, Tribe Film Instute, Firelight Media, PBS, and the Ford Foundatn. PJ is a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, 2016 Firelight Media Fellow, 2017 Robert Giard Fellow, and a recent member of the Amy of Motn Picture Arts & Scienc.   PJ’s latt film CALL HER GANDA is a feature documentary followg the story of Jennifer L, a lol transgenr woman who was found ad a motel room the port cy of Olongopo, Philipp wh a 19-year-old U.S. mare as the leadg spect. CALL HER GANDA world premiered at the 2018 Tribe Film Ftival followed by an ternatnal premiere at HotDocs Toronto, Canada. The Hollywood Reporter hailed the film “As spenseful as is movg”, Now Magaze  Canada gave 4 N’s and lled “Unflchg and eye-openg”. CALL HER GANDA opened theaters fall of 2019 earng over a dozen Grand Jury Bt Documentary and Audience Choice Awards as well as several crics’ awards and nomatns cludg a 2019 GLAAD Media Award, 2019 Gawad Urian Filipo Film Crics Award, and a 2019 Filipo Amy of Movie Arts and Scienc Bt Documentary nomatn. CALL HER GANDA recently aired on POV reachg lns of PBS viewers across the US and ntu to make s way to classrooms and muny screengs across the world.   PJ’s prev feature documentari clu BEFORE YOU KNOW IT which follows the liv of three gay senr men (SXSW, Edburgh Internatnal) hailed by Slant Magaze as “Exemplary…a documentary that succsfully puts human fac on wir issu…” dieWIRE scribed the film as “A ccial new addn to the LGBT doc non.” BEFORE YOU KNOW IT garnered several awards cludg “Bt Documentary Jury Award” at the Reelg Chigo Gay and Lbian Film Ftival as well as the “Audience Award” at both the At LGBT Film Ftival and Montreal’s image + natn 26 Film Ftival. BEFORE YOU KNOW screened theatrilly over 50 theaters  the US, Canada and the U.K. and was broadst as the season fale on Ameri ReFramed on PBS’ World Channel earng PJ the NGLJA Queer Journalist Excellence Documentary Award 2016. PJ also produced, directed, and shot (alongsi llaborator Jay Hodg) the feature documentary TRINIDAD: Transgenr Frontier which unvers Tridad, Colorado’s transformatn om Wild Wt outpost to “sex change pal of the world..” Called “a mt see” by Ellen Huang (GLAAD), TRINIDAD won the Cleveland Internatnal Film Ftival “Documentary Jury Award” and was broadst on SHOWTIME as well as MTV’s LOGO work, STARZ, and Disvery Internatnal and ntu to reach dienc around the world. Most recently, PJ produced, directed and shot the award wng short documentary COME & TAKE IT which ptur Jsi J's transformatn om Che-Amerin llege stunt to one of Ameri's most irreverent anti-gun vlence lears, creatg what some people are llg The Great Texas Dildo Revolt. Co-directed and -produced by Ellen Spiro (BODY OF WAR, TROOP 1500) COME & TAKE IT has won several awards cludg the Audience Awards for Bt Documentary Short at the New Orleans Film Ftival and Siwalk Film Ftival and is slated for distributn Fall of 2019. In addn to his feature documentary work, PJ also ntu to llaborate on a llectn of highly charged, not-safe-for-work vios wh performer and “provotr” Pl Soile (a.k.a. CHRISTEENE) unr the name “Three dollar Cema”. Their work has screened at SXSW, The New Orleans Film Ftival and var unrground, above ground, and art venu ternatnally. Banned om YOUTUBE and FACEBOOK alike (MmmHmm…), their llaborative efforts is bt summed up by The Hollywood Reporter as “…somethg you sperately wish you uld un-see…” Their llaborative work was nomated for an At Crics Table Award 2010, and 2012 PJ and Pl were ved to the CentralTrak Artist Rincy Program, Universy of Texas Dallas to create a new vio seri based off stori om the Old Ttament. The artist rincy rulted the creatn of the high-spired televangelist duo Reverie & Rane also known for their telethon chary work for the queer arts ftival OUTsir both of which PJ and Pl are foundg members of and currently serve on the board of directors. Also an award-wng cematographer, PJ’s work has earned him awards such as the ASC Charl B. Lang Jr. Herage Award as well as the Haskell Wexler Award for Bt Cematography. PJ has been featured Amerin Cematographer and shot the 2009 Amy Award nomated and 2008 Sundance Film Ftival Documentary Grand Jury Award Wner TROUBLE THE WATER produced/directed by Tia Ls and Carl Deal (FAHRENHEIT 9/11). Manohla Dargis wh The New York Tim lled the film “SUPERB… One of the bt Amerin documentari recent memory.” PJ’s feature cematography creds also clu, the 2006 Inpennt Spir Award nomated narrative feature ROOM (Sundance, Cann Director’s Fortnight), the Los Angel Film Ftival Narrative Feature Award wner GRETCHEN, and SUNSET STORIES directed by Silas Howard (FX POSE) & Ernto Foronda (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW). PJ also lensed FOURPLAY, four te tal about sexual timacy, his send feature wh acclaimed director Kyle Henry (ROOM), executive produced by Michael Stipe and Jim McKay. FOURPLAY TAMPA, premiered at the Cann Film Ftival as well as Sundance and FOURPLAY SAN FRANCISCO was award “Bt Narrative Short” at the 2011 NewFt NY LGBTQ Film Ftival. PJ also shot HABIBI RASAK KHARBAN a story of forbidn love and the first fictn feature set Gaza over 15 years directed by San Yosef (Fiprci Prize Bt Feature, Wner Bt Arab Feature Dubai Internatnal Film Ftival, Official Selectn Venice Film Ftival, Toronto Film Ftival 2011) as well as PRIMATE CINEMA: APES AS FAMILY the first film created for a chimpanzee dience directed by Rachel Mayeri (Sundance, Berlianle 2013). PJ also lensed Bryan Poyser’s highly anticipated feature LOVE & AIR SEX (SXSW, BFI London). Variety praised PJ’s cematography by wrg, ”d.p. PJ Raval mak everythg else look every b as profsnal as a stud edy, while pturg the flavor of At’s most popular bars, rtrants and hangouts.” In his spare time PJ lik to try and take small naps and pretend he knows ballet. * austin lgbt film festival *