About the filmmaker….
Doug Poger grew up in the sleepy beach town of West Haven – Home of the SPLIT HOT DOG. He lived right next to Savin Rock , the amusement park. It was there behind the Carousal that he dreamed of leaving that one horse town and becoming a filmmaker. Doug left and moved to Bethany , where they do have more horses. He then took a job at WTXX Channel 20 as the Chief Videographer and soon became Field Director.
In the 80’s he also shot and edited the news – NEWSWATCH 20 at TXX. However, Doug had a more creative side and wanted to use his knowledge of television production for something more avant-garde. So, in August 1988 he organized The New Haven Dadaist Invasion of Lighthouse Point. At the invasion he unveiled his video installation called DA DA T.V. On June 30th 1996 the first International Festival of Arts & Ideas showed Doug’s surreal film “Blizzard of the Century.” As a true Dadaist, he would show up at Festivals, camera in hand and do part street theater, part television mockumentary. Then in June 2002 he was knighted GRAND Poo Pa of DADA at the Ideat Village Festival in New Haven. Doug showed his multi medium piece “Dada Pavilion” to the Bohemian New Haven crew and received rave reviews.
In 2003, he showed his films at THE BRASS BALL in Waterbury. Doug has been recognized for his stylized off kilter shooting and editing. In 2004 and 2005 he was asked to show films in Film Fest New Haven, including the runaway hit YO PLASTIC BAG – a day in a life of a Plastic Bag. At the 2005 Film Fest New Haven he was invited back as one of “Connecticut’s best filmmakers”. Doug currently produces a show called Son of a DA DA T.V. He was awarded best editor in 2008 and 2009 by Comcast Skye Cable for the show. “As a drummer, I’m able to cut the film to the beats,” Doug told us explaining his fast cutaway shots. “ I enjoy producing films about different artists giving them a chance to show their art to a bigger audience” Currently Doug’s working on a music video and plans on doing a travel spoof about a couple from the Brass City that wins a cruise on the Mediterranean Sea. Hopefully, shooting will begin this summer.
