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Colin Keith Gray is a Canadian actor, writer and film director. He played Frank Hardy on the TV show The Hardy Boys for thirteen episodes. He is known for directing the documentary film Freedom's Fury.
Gray was born in the American city of Ann Arbor, Michigan before his family moved to the Canadian city of Ottawa.
He played on the high school water polo (the sport of his future film Freedom's Fury) team for Lisgar Collegiate Institute. Gray also performed in various productions by the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society and at the Ottawa Little Theatre.
After high school, he moved backed to the States and graduated with degrees in political science and French literature from the University of Michigan (UMich) during a time when his sister (Megan Raney Aarons) and mother moved to the United Kingdom. After graduating from UMich, Gray moved to New York City where he eventually earned a role in the Broadway production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story.
In 1995, Gray returned to Canada to perform in a lead role (Frank Hardy) alongside Paul Popowich (playing Joe Hardy) in the Toronto production of The Hardy Boys, produced and syndicated by New Line Television a division of New Line Cinema. The characters were portrayed as in their early twenties, Frank working as a reporter and Joe still in college. The show was co-produced by Canadian broadcasting company Nelvana and was dubbed in French for airing in Quebec and France as well as in the United States. The show only lasted for one season of thirteen episodes due to poor ratings.
After the show ended, Gray moved to Los Angeles and earned small roles in television shows such as Saved by the Bell: The New Class before switching to writing and directing and setting up WOLO Entertainment with a friend.
His sister Megan joined him (branding their partnership as The Sibs) to write and direct Freedom's Fury, a 2006 feature documentary film about the clash between Hungary and the Soviet Union in 'Blood in the Water match', the water polo semifinal of the 1956 Summer Olympics during the Soviets' military reaction to the Hungarian Revolution. By working with his UMich alumni Lucy Liu, who was working on Kill Bill at the time, they were able to lure Quentin Tarantino on as co-executive producer with Liu in 2001.
The Canadian premiere earned them congratulations in the House of Commons in a Private Member's Statement by Liberal
MP Andrew Telegdi. In the year of the film's release, Gray and Aarons were granted Hungary's highest civilian honour, the
Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.
They now manage GRAiNEY Productions which has undertaken projects such as:
Game Day! College Football to the Max, an IMAX 3D film about college football with Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll serving as executive producer
Redlight a documentary with Lucy Liu about child sex trafficking that features Nobel Peace Prize nominees Mu Sochua and Somaly Mam.
Gray was born in the American city of Ann Arbor, Michigan before his family moved to the Canadian city of Ottawa.
He played on the high school water polo (the sport of his future film Freedom's Fury) team for Lisgar Collegiate Institute. Gray also performed in various productions by the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society and at the Ottawa Little Theatre.
After high school, he moved backed to the States and graduated with degrees in political science and French literature from the University of Michigan (UMich) during a time when his sister (Megan Raney Aarons) and mother moved to the United Kingdom. After graduating from UMich, Gray moved to New York City where he eventually earned a role in the Broadway production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story.
In 1995, Gray returned to Canada to perform in a lead role (Frank Hardy) alongside Paul Popowich (playing Joe Hardy) in the Toronto production of The Hardy Boys, produced and syndicated by New Line Television a division of New Line Cinema. The characters were portrayed as in their early twenties, Frank working as a reporter and Joe still in college. The show was co-produced by Canadian broadcasting company Nelvana and was dubbed in French for airing in Quebec and France as well as in the United States. The show only lasted for one season of thirteen episodes due to poor ratings.
After the show ended, Gray moved to Los Angeles and earned small roles in television shows such as Saved by the Bell: The New Class before switching to writing and directing and setting up WOLO Entertainment with a friend.
His sister Megan joined him (branding their partnership as The Sibs) to write and direct Freedom's Fury, a 2006 feature documentary film about the clash between Hungary and the Soviet Union in 'Blood in the Water match', the water polo semifinal of the 1956 Summer Olympics during the Soviets' military reaction to the Hungarian Revolution. By working with his UMich alumni Lucy Liu, who was working on Kill Bill at the time, they were able to lure Quentin Tarantino on as co-executive producer with Liu in 2001.
The Canadian premiere earned them congratulations in the House of Commons in a Private Member's Statement by Liberal
MP Andrew Telegdi. In the year of the film's release, Gray and Aarons were granted Hungary's highest civilian honour, the
Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.
They now manage GRAiNEY Productions which has undertaken projects such as:
Game Day! College Football to the Max, an IMAX 3D film about college football with Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll serving as executive producer
Redlight a documentary with Lucy Liu about child sex trafficking that features Nobel Peace Prize nominees Mu Sochua and Somaly Mam.
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Freedom's Fury (2006)
, 1h30Directed by Colin Keith Gray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games
Rating75%
Lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1956 de Melbourne, les équipes masculines de water-polo de Hongrie et de l'Union soviétique doivent s'affronter en demi-finales, le match ayant lieu peu après l'Insurrection de Budapest écrasée par l'Armée rouge. L'équipe hongroise n'a été informée des détails de la répression brutale effectuée par les Soviétiques qu'à son arrivée en Australie, et l'animosité entre les deux équipes est à son comble. Le match entrera dans l'histoire des Jeux Olympiques sous le nom de Bain de sang de Melbourne. Le documentaire est axé sur le joueur hongrois Ervin Zádor et est narré par Mark Spitz.
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Redlight (2009)
Directed by Adi Ezroni
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about prostitution, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about child abuse
Actors Lucy Liu, Reena
Rating73%