Tim Gray is a national award-winning documentary film director, producer and writer based in Rhode Island. Tim has produced and directed 20 documentary films to date on the personal stories of the World War II generation. All of Tim’s films air nationally on American Public Television and also globally in such countries as China, Australia, France and England. Tim’s films rank in the top-5 of most requested programs nationally by PBS and Public Television affiliates.
Tim is also Founder of the non-profit World War II Foundation.
Tim has spoken to many groups, large and small, across the globe regarding the legacy of World War II and how it impacts us even today. Some of his talking points have focused on:
- Corporate Leadership Lessons from World War II
- Lessons Learned from the World War II Generation That Are Still Relevant Today
- In Their Shoes-Relating How Millions of Teenagers and Young Men Rose Up to Save the World and How It Can Be Accomplished Again
- Lessons of Pearl Harbor-Be Prepared for All Possibilities
- The Teamwork of World War II-Everyone Played a Role
- History Repeats Itself-Over and Over and Over Again
- What Made The Greatest Generation So Great
- World War II + 75 Years-How We’ve Changed
- Corporate Leadership Lessons from D-Day
- Soon They Will All Be Gone-Stories from the World War II Generation
- In Their Shoes-How Millions of Teenagers and Young Men Rose Up to Save the World and How It Can Be Accomplished Again
Narrators of Tim’s films include Tom Selleck, Bill Belichick, Matthew Broderick, Dan Aykroyd, Damian Lewis, Gary Sinise, Jason Beghe, Gen. David Petraeus, Donnie Wahlberg, Jon Seda, Tim McCarver, Kyle Chander & Dale Dye.
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Business, Communication, Creativity, Current Events, Education, Leadership, Media, Motivation, Patriotic, Teambuilding
Domestic Keynote Fee Range*:
$5,000-9,999
Rhode Island, US
Perfect for:
Associations, Banquets, Corporations, Entrepreneurs, Management, Men's Groups, Opening Sessions, Senior Executives
• Gain a better understanding of the legacy of World War II and how the war still defines who we are today
• Discover how leadership under fire relates to corporate crisis management today
• Understand why it's important to preserve the stories of World War II for our future generations and leaders
• Understand why they were called The Greatest Generation
• Learn from Teamwork in World War II--How Everyone Played a Role
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Tim Gray is a national award-winning documentary film director, producer and writer based in Rhode Island. Tim has produced and directed 20 documentary films to date on the personal stories of the World War II generation. All of Tim’s films air nationally on American Public Television and also globally in such countries as China, Australia, France and England. Tim’s films rank in the top-5 of most requested programs nationally by PBS and Public Television affiliates.
Tim’s film travels have taken him to: Guadalcanal, Corregidor, Bataan, Manila, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, the Russell Islands, Banika, Pearl Harbor (five times), Normandy, France (twelve times), Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg (twice), Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany (twice) and the Oval Office at the White House in 2017.
In 2012, Tim Gray’s World War II Foundation also dedicated the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument in Normandy, France, a project honoring American leadership on D-Day and approved by the late Major Richard D. Winters of WWII’s Band of Brothers.
The World War II Foundation oversaw all the fundraising for the 13 foot-high statue and organized the dedication event in France, attended by over 1,000 people, including the current commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division and former Secretary of Homeland Security, Gov. Tom Ridge.
Tim has held many fundraisers with the actors from the Band of Brothers television series to benefit the work of the WWII Foundation, both in the United States and in 2014, in Normandy, France. To see photos from the Band of Brothers Actors Reunion in June, 2014, please click here.
Tim Gray has won several national and international awards for his WWII films.
Prior to Tim’s Documentary Film Work
Tim worked as a television sports and news anchor and reporter for over 15 years in several states and U.S. markets including: Michigan, Washington State, Florida (Fort Myers and Orlando) New York and Providence, Rhode Island.
In 2000, Tim was appointed weekend sports anchor and sports/news reporter at Ch. 10 in Providence, another NBC affiliate. He held that job until 2004.
While in Ft. Myers, FL Tim was designated sportscaster-of the-year by the Florida Sportscaster’s Association as well as top feature reporter.
Tim is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Journalism.
Through various initiatives, Tim Gray and his project work have appeared in and been featured on: The Today Show; MSNBC, Fox News, Discovery Channel’s Orange County Choppers, CNN, C-Span, PBS stations around the country and the United States Armed Forces Radio Network and in newspapers such as USA Today, the Boston Globe and many others.
