Erik Angra

Erik Angra (born March 21st, 1986) is an American director, cinematographer and film editor.

Career

The son of Indian immigrants, Angra began his career touring alongside hardcore punk musicians in the US. The footage he released in 2006 featured rare performances from some of the final shows at the hardcore and punk club CBGB's in New York.His editing on the feature-length documentary, The Minister's War, won a special jury prize at the Amsterdam Film Festival in 2012. Angra was also one of the editors for a segment, An American Army of Two, on the Emmy Award-winning series The Folklorist (TV Show) and was one of the cinematographers for the Emmy Award-winning series 30 for 30.

The Kickstarter campaign for Angra's documentary Portrait of Harry was supported by Amanda Palmer who tweeted: "I've never cried almost all the way through a Kickstarter pitch".The film tells the story of Harry Somers who escaped from [...] Germany when he was Just 16, then lived in England, Australia and New York. He eventually became an acclaimed painter. Somers' work often includes landscapes and other natural settings inhabited by people. Angra began production on the documentary in 2012.

In 2014, Angra's film Cowboys and Engines won an award for Best Cinematography at The Boston 48 Hour Film Project.

Angra was director of a cult reality series called Quiet Desperation showcasing Boston's creative scene alongside Rob Potylo. It was scheduled to be broadcast on CBS on Sunday afternoons for a six-episode season in spring 2014, but CBS allegedly breached the agreement and refused to view the pilot that had been made for them, despite thousands of dollars being spent by the filmmakers. In April 2014, Potylo and Angra sued CBS for “breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and unfair and deceptive acts and practices.”

In an interview with Metro, Polyto implied he would like to see Quiet Desperation be broadcast nationally: "If AMC or IFC got behind a show like Quiet Desperation with as much enthusiasm as Southie Rules, you'd see some really unique things happening; a renaissance."

Angra is represented by New York talent agency The Right Eye. His regular clients include Sony, Ken Burns, Coca Cola, Jet Airways, Reebok and the Discovery Networks. His work has appeared on almost every major television outlet.

Angra recently completed editing and partially filming for the Ken Burns film Righteous Among Us. The movie is set for national release in 2016.

Early Life

Angra was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on March 21, 1986. The son of Indian immigrants, he grew up in New Hampshire and graduated from the Connecticut Schools of Broadcasting. Angra then interned at New York City production houses while living out of his car for eight months.

Filmography

As cinematographer:

• 2016 The Reconstruction of Chyna (Documentary)
• 2015 Portrait of Harry (Documentary)
• 2014 Player Style Files (Video documentary short)
• 2014 No Finish Lines (Documentary short)
• 2014 Quiet Desperation (TV Series) (18 episodes)
• 2014 Cowboys and Engines (Short)
• 2014 ESPN 30 for 30: From Harlem with Love (Video short)
• 2013 The Good Detective (Short) (director of photography)
• 2013 Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War (Documentary)
• 2012 Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Children (Documentary)
• 2012 Commander in Chief: Inside the Oval Office - Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis (TV Movie documentary)
• 2012 Oscar Ball (Short)
• 2011 Confessions: Animal Hoarding (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
• 2010 Cage Insider (TV Series) (1 episode)
• 2010 UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy (TV Special)
• 2009 Animal Planet's Most Outrageous (TV Series) (1 episode)
• 2006 The Miskatonic Acid Test (Short)

As editor:

• 2015 Portrait of Harry (Documentary)
• 2012-2014 Quiet Desperation (TV Series) (15 episodes)
• 2013 Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War (Documentary)
• 2013 The Folklorist (TV Series)

As director:

• 2016 The Reconstruction of Chyna (Documentary)
• 2015 Portrait of Harry (Documentary)
• 2013-2014 Quiet Desperation (TV Series) (12 episodes)

As producer:

• 2016 The Reconstruction of Chyna (Documentary)
• 2015 Portrait of Harry (Documentary)
• 2014 No Finish Lines (Documentary short)
• 2012-2014 Quiet Desperation (TV Series) (11 episodes)
• 2014 Cowboys and Engines (Short)

Awards

• 2014 Emmy Award, Outstanding Editing in a Non-Fiction Program, NE Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, ( for " The Folklorist")
• 2014 Best of Boston, New Amsterdam Film Festival (for "No Finish Lines")
• 2014 Best Cinematography, 48 Hour Film Festival (for "Cowboys & Engines")
• 2012 Special Jury Prize, Amsterdam Film Festival (for The Minister's War)

External Links

• Official website: http://erikangra.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/angrafilm
• Portrait of Harry: http://harrysfilm.com