Michael P. Gray
Writer-director and professor working at the edge of film, literature, and cultural memory
South Puget Sound Community College
📞 (360) 596–5516 • ✉️ mgray at spscc.edu
Feature Project: Mannequin
Writer-Director | Supported by 2025–26 Sabbatical
A young woman wakes up transformed inside an abandoned mall. Through recursive movement, fractured sound, and memory collapse, she begins to rewrite her identity.
Mannequin is a feature film currently in development. Part horror story, part sonic fugue, the project explores the edges of authorship, loss, and nonlinear time.
Highlights:
- Sound-driven narrative with recursive structure
- Built on prior research into nonlinear narrative and memory structure
- Original analog synth + field recordings
- Shot in Olympia, WA
- Full-year academic sabbatical (Fall 2025–Spring 2026)
About
Michael P. Gray is an interdisciplinary educator, filmmaker, and sound artist. His work spans narrative and nonfiction film, cultural theory, and original curriculum development. He currently teaches film production and media communication at South Puget Sound Community College.
Selected Work
🎬 Narrative Projects
- Mannequin – Feature film in development
- Loss of Mt. Rainier – Poe adaptation as dark satire
- Terry Tucker the Midnight Trucker – Surreal web series
- LJ’s Trip – Collaborative narrative web series
- Cel-Wolf – National multimedia satire
- Silly Bears – Music video for Akron/Family
🎧 Sound & Post-Production
- Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (SXSW) – Location audio
- Sound designer/mixer for 20+ projects
- Known for layered sonic textures and ambient narrative rhythm
Teaching & Academic Background
- Professor, SPSCC (2016–present)
- Courses: Screenwriting, Film Studies, Media Theory, Popular Culture
- Developer of original college curriculum in screenwriting and cultural media
- Ph.D. in American Literature & Film (Essex, UK) – Faulkner’s Hollywood screenplays
- MFA in Filmmaking (Ohio University)
Affiliations
- Olympia Film Collective (Board Member, 2018–19)
- Olympia Film Society (OFS), active member
- UFVA – University Film and Video Association