Filmmaking team, Doug Hawes-Davis & Drury Gunn Carr to receive first annual award

True/False West has announced that Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr will receive its first annual True/West Visionary award, given to a filmmaker(s) that has placed an indelible mark on the world of documentary filmmaking. Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr founded High Plains Films in 1992, and have produced and distributed their own non-fiction films for more than a decade. They have co-directed or co-produced, and edited more than twenty films, including features such as VARMINTS (1998), THIS IS NOWHERE (2002), and LIBBY, MONTANA (2004).


Their documentaries, which have been screened around the world and have won more than 40 awards, are intended to increase viewers' understanding of the relationship between human society and the natural world. In addition, Hawes-Davis founded the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2003. He is also a faculty affiliate with the University of Montana.


"It's not easy to be award-winning filmmakers, run a distribution company, and program a respected documentary film festival," True/False West Festival Director Falter stated. "As a western based festival, we wanted to give this award to filmmakers who have added a significant voice to issues that are of particular relevance west of the Mississippi. We could not be more pleased to honor the work of Doug and Dru."