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'''Douglas Gayeton''' is an award-winning American [[multimedia artist]], filmmaker, writer, and photographer who divides his time between a farm near Petaluma, California and [[Pistoia]], a medieval Tuscan town.
'''Douglas Gayeton''' is an American [[multimedia artist]], filmmaker, writer, and photographer with ties to farming in Sonoma County, California and photography in [[Pistoia]], a medieval Tuscan town in North Central Italy.


He is the author of ''Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tabori|first=Lena|date=2010-03-18|title=It's A Book, It's A Restaurant Movement: "Slow: Life In A Tuscan Town" (PHOTOS, VIDEO)|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/slow-life-in-a-tuscan-tow_n_361899|access-date=2020-09-09|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-11-27|title=Petaluma's Douglas Gayeton left a film career to return to his family's agrarian roots|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/petalumas-douglas-gayeton-left-a-film-career-to-return-to-his-familys-agr/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Lexicon of Sustainability: Q & A with Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton|url=https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/42488/the-lexicon-of-sustainability-q-a-with-filmmaker-douglas-gayeton|access-date=2020-09-09|website=KQED|date=May 15, 2012 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayeton, Douglas.|title=Slow : life in a Tuscan town|date=2009|publisher=Welcome|others=Waters, Alice., Petrini, Carlo., Fried, Katrina.|isbn=978-1-59962-072-5|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=303041911}}</ref> and ''LOCAL: The new Face of Food and Farming in America''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gunther|first=Marc|date=2014-03-25|title=Information artworks are using words to change the world|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/information-artworks-words-change-world-douglas-gayeton|access-date=2020-09-09|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayeton, Douglas|title=Local : the new face of food and farming in America|date=June 10, 2014|isbn=978-0-06-226763-4|location=New York|oclc=869802014}}</ref>
Along with his wife, Laura Howard, he directs the [[Lexicon of Sustainability]] project.


Gayeton's noteworthy film productions credits include: '[[Delta State (TV series)|Delta State]]', '[[Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie]]', ''Know Your Food'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/food/features/lexicon-of-sustainability-episodes/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.pbs.org|title=The Lexicon of Sustainability: Episodes List}}</ref> a film series on food and farming produced for PBS, ''Growing Organic'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Growing Organic - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4J8PxoprpGYCiGN0FNF8xfOU-kAi36pX|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> a docuseris on organics in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture. Gayeton is also the creator of ''[[Molotov Alva|Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey]].''
He is also the creator of ''[[Delta State (TV series)|Delta State]]'' and ''[[Molotov Alva|Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey]]'' as well as the author of ''Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Douglas Gayeton received his BA in Literature and Writing from the [[University of California, San Diego]] in 1983, where he studied under dramatists Adele Edling Shank and [[Alan Schneider]]. Under the guidance of [[Reinhard Lettau]] he also founded the literary magazine ''Birdcage Review'', which featured contributions from a mix of students and notable composers, writers and artists, including [[Ernst Krenek]], [[Eleanor Antin]], [[Robert Creeley]], and [[David Hockney]] (who provided artwork for the Fall 1982 cover).{{fact|date=September 2014}}
Douglas Gayeton received his BA in Literature and Writing from the [[University of California, San Diego]] in 1983, where he studied under dramatists Adele Edling Shank and [[Alan Schneider]]. Under the guidance of [[Reinhard Lettau]] he also founded the literary magazine ''Birdcage Review'', which featured contributions from a mix of students and notable composers, writers and artists, including [[Ernst Krenek]], [[Eleanor Antin]], [[Robert Creeley]], and [[David Hockney]] (who provided artwork for the Fall 1982 cover).{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}


==Career==
==Career==
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===1983 - 2000===
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In 1983 Gayeton directed ''La Entrada'', a full length documentary on the lives of Mexican [[migrant workers]] traveling to the US. The film later aired on [[KPBS (TV)|KPBS]]. A transcript of interviews the filmmaker conducted with key immigration figures in the US and Mexico while making the film were cited by Congress and read into the [[Congressional Record]] during the drafting of the [[Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986]].{{fact|date=September 2014}}


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===Prior to 2k===
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Gayeton abandoned his Masters at the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]] in 1985 to start a production company called Brass Ball after receiving startup funding from [[Quincy Jones]]'s [[Qwest Records]] (ironically, he later returned to the school as a Visiting Professor). Within a few years of starting Brass Ball Gayeton subsequently left the film business and moved to Italy.{{fact|date=September 2014}}
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Gayeton directed ''La Entrada'', a full-length documentary on the lives of Mexican [[migrant workers]] traveling to the US. The film was produced by <ref>Steve Reiss</ref> and later aired on [[KPBS (TV)|KPBS]]. A transcript of interviews the filmmaker conducted with key immigration figures in the US and Mexico while making the film were cited by Congress and read into the [[Congressional Record]] during the drafting of the [[Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986]].


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Gayeton abandoned his Masters at the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]] in 1985 to start a production company called Brass Ball after receiving startup funding from [[Quincy Jones]]'s [[Qwest Records]] (ironically, he later returned to the school as a Visiting Professor).
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A series of [[experimental films]] made with Italian music group Minox led to Gayeton signing with Satellite Films, a division of [[Propaganda Films]] in 1992. His making of a music video for the band [[Semisonic]] is comically detailed in ''So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star'' (ISBN 0-7679-1470-8) by Jacob Slichter.{{fact|date=September 2014}}


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A series of [[experimental films]] made with Italian music group Minox led to Gayeton signing with Satellite Films, a division of [[Propaganda Films]] in 1992. His making of a music video for the band [[Semisonic]] is comically detailed in ''So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Slichter, Jacob.|title=So you wanna be a rock & roll star : how I machine-gunned a roomful of record executives and other true tales from a drummer's life|date=2004|publisher=Broadway Books|isbn=0-7679-1470-8|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=54371667}}</ref> by Jacob Slichter.
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In 1993 Gayeton directed ''Tomorrow'', the first documentary about [[interactive television]]. The film featured interviews with [[Bill Gates]], [[John Malone]], [[Barry Diller]], [[Sumner Redstone]], [[Geraldine Laybourne]] and others.


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In 1993 Gayeton directed ''Tomorrow'', the first documentary about [[interactive television]]. The film featured interviews with [[Bill Gates]], [[John Malone]], [[Barry Diller]], [[Sumner Redstone]], [[Geraldine Laybourne]] and others.
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Gayeton ultimately left Propaganda Films in 1994 to start his own media consultancy, Gayetonstudio, where he created interactive projects for dozens of clients. Most notable are: "Plug In", precursor to the first teen channel on [[AOL]]with [[Bart Decrem]] (1995);

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Gayeton ultimately left Propaganda Films in 1994 to start his own media consultancy, Gayetonstudio, where he created interactive projects for dozens of clients. Most notable are: "Plug In", precursor to the first teen channel on [[AOL]] with [[Bart Decrem]] (1995);
"Vanishing Point", first original content acquisition for [[MSN]] (1996);
"Vanishing Point", first original content acquisition for [[MSN]] (1996);
"Yahooligans", animated series for web and television for [[Yahoo]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1996);
"Yahooligans", animated series for web and television for [[Yahoo]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1996);
"Plug in", first teen channel on [[AOL]] France (1997);
"Plug in", first teen channel on [[AOL]] France (1997);
"Zap!", first kids channel on [[AOL]] France (1997);
"Zap!", first kids channel on [[AOL]] France (1997);
"Very Small TV" and "Very Small City" (later renamed www.yafoule.com), online community for [[Vivendi]] (1999).{{fact|date=September 2014}}
"Very Small TV" and "Very Small City" (later renamed www.yafoule.com), online community for [[Vivendi]] (1999).


Gayeton provided creative support to [[Electronic Arts]], [[Viacom]], [[Sega]], [[Intel]], and [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]]. An in-depth survey of Gayeton's interactive work is featured in ''The Interactive Writers Handbook'' by Jon Hamsel (ISBN 978-1885452115).{{fact|date=September 2014}}
Gayeton provided creative support to [[Electronic Arts]], [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]], [[Sega]], [[Intel]], and [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]]. An in-depth survey of Gayeton's interactive work is featured in ''The Interactive Writers Handbook'' by Jon Hamsel ({{ISBN|1885452039|9781885452030}}).<ref>{{cite book | isbn=188545211X | title=Interactive Writer's Handbook | last1=Wimberley | first1=Darryl | last2=Samsel | first2=Jon | year=1996 | publisher=Carronade }}</ref>


With [[William Gibson]], Gayeton wrote and directed the 1995 [[CD-ROM]]-based game ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]'', the first interactive [[CD-ROM]]-based movie, for [[Sony]] Imagesoft.<ref>Carless, Simon (October 23, 2007). [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/10/qa_douglas_gayeton_on_johnny_m.php "Q&A: Douglas Gayeton On Johnny Mnemonic's CD-ROM Wetware"]. Game Set Watch.</ref> He then wrote and designed a CD-ROM sequel to [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' with Media-X and designed an interactive version of ''[[Einstein's Dreams]]'' with writer [[Alan Lightman]].{{fact|date=September 2014}}
With [[William Gibson]], Gayeton wrote and directed the 1995 [[CD-ROM]]-based game ''[[Johnny Mnemonic (video game)|Johnny Mnemonic]]'', the first interactive CD-ROM-based movie, for [[Sony]] Imagesoft.<ref>Carless, Simon (October 23, 2007). [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/10/qa_douglas_gayeton_on_johnny_m.php "Q&A: Douglas Gayeton On Johnny Mnemonic's CD-ROM Wetware"]. Game Set Watch.</ref> He then wrote and designed a CD-ROM sequel to [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' with Media-X and designed an interactive version of ''[[Einstein's Dreams]]'' with writer [[Alan Lightman]].


From 1997 to 2000 Gayeton worked with [[Alphanim]], a Paris-based animation company, where he developed a number of animated television series, the most notable being [[Delta State (TV series)]], a project based on his [[graphic novel]] of the same name. Purchased by Canal +, it received a Special Award for a TV series at the [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]] and the Frames 2004 Award for best Asian Production. The fourth episode of his series ''Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator'' was included in the [[Animation show of shows|Animation Show of Shows]].
From 1997 to 2000 Gayeton worked with [[Alphanim]], a Paris-based animation company, where he developed a number of animated television series, the most notable being [[Delta State (TV series)]], a project based on his [[graphic novel]] of the same name. Purchased by Canal +, it received a Special Award for a TV series at the [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]] and the Frames 2004 Award for best Asian Production. The fourth episode of his series ''Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator'' was included in the [[Animation show of shows|Animation Show of Shows]].


Following Gayeton's experience making ''Molotov Alva'' he joined MTV to work on their virtual world projects. This was followed by a brief stint as Chief Creative Officer of [[Millions of Us LLC]], where he developed content for a variety of social network and virtual world platforms including [[Gaia Online|Gaia]], [[Habbo Hotel]], Scenecaster, Zwinktopia and most recently Sony’s [[PlayStation]] Home, the world’s first high definition virtual world.{{fact|date=September 2014}}
Following Gayeton's experience making ''Molotov Alva'' he joined MTV to work on their virtual world projects. This was followed by a brief stint as Chief Creative Officer of [[Millions of Us LLC]], where he developed content for a variety of social network and virtual world platforms including [[Gaia Online|Gaia]], [[Habbo Hotel]], Scenecaster, Zwinktopia and most recently Sony's [[PlayStation]] Home, the world's first high definition virtual world.

Gayeton's photographs merge his interests in narrative, film, and interactivity. he work is concerned with how time is treated in photography. He has said, "I've always seen photography as being about a single moment, whereas film is about orchestrating a sequence of moments (scenes) to create a larger narrative."<ref>[http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/17/slow-food-slow-livin.html] {{deadlink|date=September 2014}}</ref> To achieve this effect Gayeton's works consist of up to a hundred photographs, often shot over the course of many hours. These are printed and composited to create a single image. Handwritten text is added later by the artist and placed over the image.<ref>[http://www.ibabuzz.com/seen/2008/08/27/savor-slow-life-in-a-tuscan-town/] {{deadlink|date=September 2014}}</ref> Gayeton has called his approach "flat films".<ref>[http://www.ibabuzz.com/seen/2008/08/27/savor-slow-life-in-a-tuscan-town/] {{deadlink|date=September 2014}}</ref>


===2000s===
===2000s===
In 2002 Gayeton was hired by [[Scripps Networks Interactive]] to explore new forms of "enhanced television", namely programming that allows viewers to migrate from television to the Internet and back again. The result was "Lost In Italy", a 26 episode interstitial series for the [[Fine Living Network]].{{fact|date=September 2014}}
In 2002 Gayeton was hired by [[Scripps Networks Interactive]] to explore new forms of "enhanced television", namely programming that allows viewers to migrate from television to the Internet and back again. The result was "Lost In Italy", a 26 episode interstitial series for the [[Fine Living Network]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lost in Italy - Fine Living Network|url=https://www.pressport.com/uk/media/database/usa/l/lost-in-italy-fine-living-network-131579|access-date=2020-09-09|website=PressPort|language=en}}</ref>


In 2003 Gayeton was commissioned by [[PBS]] and ''[[POV (TV series)|POV]]'' to document Italy's [[Slow Food]] movement. He focused on the lives of people from the town of [[Pistoia, Italy]]. "PBS ultimately premiered "My Shoes are Caked with Mud" as part of "Borders", a web-based series. It was awarded a [[Webby Awards|Webby]] for best broadband site of 2004.{{fact|date=September 2014}}
In 2003 Gayeton was commissioned by [[PBS]] and ''[[POV (TV series)|POV]]'' to document Italy's [[Slow Food]] movement. He focused on the lives of people from the town of [[Pistoia, Italy]]. "PBS ultimately premiered "''My Shoes are Caked with Mud''<ref>{{Cite web|title=POV's Borders . Environment . Talk {{!}} PBS|url=http://archive.pov.org/borders/2004/talk/dg.html|access-date=2020-09-09|website=archive.pov.org}}</ref>" as part of "Borders", a web-based series. It was awarded a [[Webby Awards|Webby]] for best broadband site of 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=8th Annual Webby Awards Winners Announced -- The Webby Awards|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/may-12-2004-8th-annual-webby-awards-winners-announced/|access-date=2020-09-09|language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2007 Gayeton created the first [[machinima]] documentary made in a [[virtual world]]: [[Molotov Alva|"Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey"]]. The American broadcast rights were purchased by [[HBO]] Documentary Films in August, 2007, marking the first time a US television network purchased a series which premiered on YouTube. The groundbreaking film has been profiled in two books, ''The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World'' (ISBN 978-0061353208) by Wagner James Au and ''I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life'' by [[Mark Stephen Meadows]] (ISBN 0321533399).
In 2007 Gayeton created the first [[machinima]] documentary made in a [[virtual world]]: [[Molotov Alva|"Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey"]]. The American broadcast rights were purchased by [[HBO]] Documentary Films in August, 2007, marking the first time a US television network purchased a series which premiered on YouTube. The groundbreaking film has been profiled in two books, ''The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Au, Wagner James.|title=The making of Second Life : notes from the new world|date=2008|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0-06-135320-8|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=155715254}}</ref> by Wagner James Au and ''I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meadows, Mark Stephen.|title=I, avatar : the culture and consequences of having a second life|date=2008|publisher=New Riders|isbn=978-0-321-53339-5|location=Berkeley, CA|oclc=190873071}}</ref> by [[Mark Stephen Meadows]].


[[Slow Food Nation]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gayeton.com/gayeton_photowork.html |title=Gayeton photowork |access-date=October 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029210530/http://gayeton.com/gayeton_photowork.html |archive-date=October 29, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> unveiled a retrospective of Gayeton's photographic work in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-23|title=The Lexicon of Sustainability • Slow Food USA|url=https://slowfoodusa.org/the-lexicon-of-sustainability/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Slow Food USA|language=en-US}}</ref>
That same year, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' published Gayeton's photographs on [[wikt:biodynamic|biodynamic]] winemaking practices.{{issue|date=September 2014}}


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In 2009, Gayeton released his first book, S''low: Life in a Tuscan Town'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayeton, Douglas.|title=Slow : life in a Tuscan town|date=2009|publisher=Welcome|isbn=978-1-59962-072-5|oclc=303041911}}</ref> which tells the story of the [[Slow Food Movement]] in Tuscany through a combination of photographs he took and essays.<ref name=tusc>{{ cite web|title=Life in the Slow Lane |url=http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SCID=42&BLGID=24764 |work=Zagat.com |date=November 3, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The intro to the book was written by chef [[Alice Waters]] and the preface, by the founder of the movement, [[Carlo Petrini]].<ref name=tusc/>
[[Slow Food Nation]]<ref>[http://gayeton.com/gayeton_photowork.html]</ref> unveiled a retrospective of Gayeton's photographic work in 2008.{{fact|date=September 2014}}<!--Secondary source needed here.-->


In 2013, Gayeton directed a short film, called ''The Story of an Egg'', which investigated the claims of "cage free," "free range" and "pasture raised" on eggs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNAFF 2013: Films: The Story of An Egg |url=http://www.unaff.org/2013/f_story.html |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.unaff.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-12 |title=WATCH: What 'Cage-Free' And 'Free-Range' Actually Mean |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/story-of-an-egg-film_n_2862282 |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>
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In 2009, Gayeton released his first book, S''low: Life in a Tuscan Town'', which tells the story of the [[Slow Food Movement]] in Tuscany through a combination of photographs he took and essays.<ref name=tusc>{{ cite web |title=Life in the Slow Lane |url=http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SCID=42&BLGID=24764 |work=Zagat.com |date=November 3, 2009 }}</ref> The intro to the book was written by chef [[Alice Waters]] and the preface, by the founder of the movement, [[Carlo Petrini]].<ref name=tusc/>

Gayeton developed interactive projects for [[Viacom]] & [[AT&T]], then went on to explore the subject of interactive television for MTV and [[U2]]'s short-lived [[ZOO TV]] television series.{{fact|date=September 2014}}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* ''U2's Zoo TV'' (1995)
* ''U2's Zoo TV'' (1995)
* ''WWW.MONDE.COM'' (1995)
* ''WWW.MONDE.COM'' (1995)
* ''[[Ultimate Book of Spells]]'' (2001)
* ''Lost in Italy'' (2002–2005)
* ''Lost in Italy'' (2002–2005)
* ''[[Delta State (TV series)|Delta State]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Delta State (TV series)|Delta State]]'' (2004)
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* "Stormy" by Momma Stud (1993)
* "Stormy" by Momma Stud (1993)
* "Stay This Way" by [[Brand New Heavies]] (1993)
* "Stay This Way" by [[Brand New Heavies]] (1993)
* "Chains" by [[Collision_(band)]] (1993)
* "Chains" by [[Collision (band)]] (1993)
* "Time Capsule" by [[Matthew Sweet]] (1994)
* "Time Capsule" by [[Matthew Sweet]] (1994)
* "[[Down in Flames (Semisonic song)|Down in Flames]]" by [[Semisonic]] (1995)
* "[[Down in Flames (Semisonic song)|Down in Flames]]" by [[Semisonic]] (1995)
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}

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* [http://www.gayeton.com Douglas Gayeton website]
* [http://www.rumplefarm.com company website]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/gayeton Douglas Gayeton] at [[LinkedIn]]
* [https://www.cuspconference.com/videos.php?section=Cusp-2009#presenters-2008.php?section=Douglas-Gayeton Presenter at Cusp Conference 2008]


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Latest revision as of 10:58, 3 January 2024

Douglas Gayeton presenting at Cusp Conference 2008, Chicago, IL

Douglas Gayeton is an American multimedia artist, filmmaker, writer, and photographer with ties to farming in Sonoma County, California and photography in Pistoia, a medieval Tuscan town in North Central Italy.

He is the author of Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town[1][2][3][4] and LOCAL: The new Face of Food and Farming in America.[5][6]

Gayeton's noteworthy film productions credits include: 'Delta State', 'Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie', Know Your Food,[7] a film series on food and farming produced for PBS, Growing Organic,[8] a docuseris on organics in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture. Gayeton is also the creator of Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey.

Early life

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Douglas Gayeton received his BA in Literature and Writing from the University of California, San Diego in 1983, where he studied under dramatists Adele Edling Shank and Alan Schneider. Under the guidance of Reinhard Lettau he also founded the literary magazine Birdcage Review, which featured contributions from a mix of students and notable composers, writers and artists, including Ernst Krenek, Eleanor Antin, Robert Creeley, and David Hockney (who provided artwork for the Fall 1982 cover).[citation needed]

Career

[edit]

Prior to 2k

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Gayeton directed La Entrada, a full-length documentary on the lives of Mexican migrant workers traveling to the US. The film was produced by [9] and later aired on KPBS. A transcript of interviews the filmmaker conducted with key immigration figures in the US and Mexico while making the film were cited by Congress and read into the Congressional Record during the drafting of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Gayeton abandoned his Masters at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1985 to start a production company called Brass Ball after receiving startup funding from Quincy Jones's Qwest Records (ironically, he later returned to the school as a Visiting Professor).

A series of experimental films made with Italian music group Minox led to Gayeton signing with Satellite Films, a division of Propaganda Films in 1992. His making of a music video for the band Semisonic is comically detailed in So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star[10] by Jacob Slichter.

In 1993 Gayeton directed Tomorrow, the first documentary about interactive television. The film featured interviews with Bill Gates, John Malone, Barry Diller, Sumner Redstone, Geraldine Laybourne and others.

Gayeton ultimately left Propaganda Films in 1994 to start his own media consultancy, Gayetonstudio, where he created interactive projects for dozens of clients. Most notable are: "Plug In", precursor to the first teen channel on AOL with Bart Decrem (1995); "Vanishing Point", first original content acquisition for MSN (1996); "Yahooligans", animated series for web and television for Yahoo and Fox (1996); "Plug in", first teen channel on AOL France (1997); "Zap!", first kids channel on AOL France (1997); "Very Small TV" and "Very Small City" (later renamed www.yafoule.com), online community for Vivendi (1999).

Gayeton provided creative support to Electronic Arts, Viacom, Sega, Intel, and National Geographic. An in-depth survey of Gayeton's interactive work is featured in The Interactive Writers Handbook by Jon Hamsel (ISBN 1885452039, 9781885452030).[11]

With William Gibson, Gayeton wrote and directed the 1995 CD-ROM-based game Johnny Mnemonic, the first interactive CD-ROM-based movie, for Sony Imagesoft.[12] He then wrote and designed a CD-ROM sequel to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four with Media-X and designed an interactive version of Einstein's Dreams with writer Alan Lightman.

From 1997 to 2000 Gayeton worked with Alphanim, a Paris-based animation company, where he developed a number of animated television series, the most notable being Delta State (TV series), a project based on his graphic novel of the same name. Purchased by Canal +, it received a Special Award for a TV series at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Frames 2004 Award for best Asian Production. The fourth episode of his series Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator was included in the Animation Show of Shows.

Following Gayeton's experience making Molotov Alva he joined MTV to work on their virtual world projects. This was followed by a brief stint as Chief Creative Officer of Millions of Us LLC, where he developed content for a variety of social network and virtual world platforms including Gaia, Habbo Hotel, Scenecaster, Zwinktopia and most recently Sony's PlayStation Home, the world's first high definition virtual world.

2000s

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In 2002 Gayeton was hired by Scripps Networks Interactive to explore new forms of "enhanced television", namely programming that allows viewers to migrate from television to the Internet and back again. The result was "Lost In Italy", a 26 episode interstitial series for the Fine Living Network.[13]

In 2003 Gayeton was commissioned by PBS and POV to document Italy's Slow Food movement. He focused on the lives of people from the town of Pistoia, Italy. "PBS ultimately premiered "My Shoes are Caked with Mud[14]" as part of "Borders", a web-based series. It was awarded a Webby for best broadband site of 2004.[15]

In 2007 Gayeton created the first machinima documentary made in a virtual world: "Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey". The American broadcast rights were purchased by HBO Documentary Films in August, 2007, marking the first time a US television network purchased a series which premiered on YouTube. The groundbreaking film has been profiled in two books, The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World[16] by Wagner James Au and I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life[17] by Mark Stephen Meadows.

Slow Food Nation[18] unveiled a retrospective of Gayeton's photographic work in 2008.[19]

In 2009, Gayeton released his first book, Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town,[20] which tells the story of the Slow Food Movement in Tuscany through a combination of photographs he took and essays.[21] The intro to the book was written by chef Alice Waters and the preface, by the founder of the movement, Carlo Petrini.[21]

In 2013, Gayeton directed a short film, called The Story of an Egg, which investigated the claims of "cage free," "free range" and "pasture raised" on eggs.[22][23]

Filmography

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Selected music videos

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Other appearances in films

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  • "Seagull"  – writer (2004)
  • "Forever is a Long, Long Time" – actor (2004)

References

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  1. ^ Tabori, Lena (March 18, 2010). "It's A Book, It's A Restaurant Movement: "Slow: Life In A Tuscan Town" (PHOTOS, VIDEO)". HuffPost. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Petaluma's Douglas Gayeton left a film career to return to his family's agrarian roots". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. November 27, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Lexicon of Sustainability: Q & A with Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton". KQED. May 15, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  4. ^ Gayeton, Douglas. (2009). Slow : life in a Tuscan town. Waters, Alice., Petrini, Carlo., Fried, Katrina. (1st ed.). New York: Welcome. ISBN 978-1-59962-072-5. OCLC 303041911.
  5. ^ Gunther, Marc (March 25, 2014). "Information artworks are using words to change the world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Gayeton, Douglas (June 10, 2014). Local : the new face of food and farming in America. New York. ISBN 978-0-06-226763-4. OCLC 869802014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "The Lexicon of Sustainability: Episodes List". www.pbs.org. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Growing Organic - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  9. ^ Steve Reiss
  10. ^ Slichter, Jacob. (2004). So you wanna be a rock & roll star : how I machine-gunned a roomful of record executives and other true tales from a drummer's life (1st ed.). New York: Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-1470-8. OCLC 54371667.
  11. ^ Wimberley, Darryl; Samsel, Jon (1996). Interactive Writer's Handbook. Carronade. ISBN 188545211X.
  12. ^ Carless, Simon (October 23, 2007). "Q&A: Douglas Gayeton On Johnny Mnemonic's CD-ROM Wetware". Game Set Watch.
  13. ^ "Lost in Italy - Fine Living Network". PressPort. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  14. ^ "POV's Borders . Environment . Talk | PBS". archive.pov.org. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  15. ^ "8th Annual Webby Awards Winners Announced -- The Webby Awards". Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  16. ^ Au, Wagner James. (2008). The making of Second Life : notes from the new world (1st ed.). New York: Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-135320-8. OCLC 155715254.
  17. ^ Meadows, Mark Stephen. (2008). I, avatar : the culture and consequences of having a second life. Berkeley, CA: New Riders. ISBN 978-0-321-53339-5. OCLC 190873071.
  18. ^ "Gayeton photowork". Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
  19. ^ "The Lexicon of Sustainability • Slow Food USA". Slow Food USA. June 23, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  20. ^ Gayeton, Douglas. (2009). Slow : life in a Tuscan town. Welcome. ISBN 978-1-59962-072-5. OCLC 303041911.
  21. ^ a b "Life in the Slow Lane". Zagat.com. November 3, 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  22. ^ "UNAFF 2013: Films: The Story of An Egg". www.unaff.org. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  23. ^ "WATCH: What 'Cage-Free' And 'Free-Range' Actually Mean". HuffPost. March 12, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
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