Doug Wolens
Doug grew-up in Chicago, earned two BA degrees, a law degree, and spent seven years as a practicing attorney in New York City; he moved to San Francisco and became a filmmaker in 1993. Wolens’s first short, Happy Loving Couples, was selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival. He’s made two other shorts, Reversal (1994) and In Frame (1995), all of which have played at film festivals throughout the world. His 1996 feature documentary, Weed, premiered at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam and had a 40-city theatrical tour of the U.S. In 2000, Wolens’s feature documentary Butterfly was broadcast nationally on P.O.V. PBS’s award-winning documentary showcase and on The Sundance Channel. Wolens successfully self-distributed Butterfly to more than 50 theatres throughout the country. The Singularity (2012) Wolens’s third feature documentary is a timely and insightful film about future technology and the possibility of greater than human intelligence. The film was shown in many theatres and at universities throughout the country and globally, and is now available on iTunes.
Doug lives in San Francisco with his wife Katie and 2 sons. He is currently finishing up a documentary on American urbanism, racial segregation and equity.
