Background
PJ Raval was born on April 15.
PJ Raval was born on April 15.
Raval was named one of Filmmaker"s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2006, and was featured in the 2010 Out 100. PJ Raval"s 2008 documentary film Trinidad was co-directed with Jay Hodges. Trinidad focuses on Doctor Marci Bowers and two of her patients who are going through sex reassignment surgery in Trinidad, Colorado.
The documentary Before You Know lieutenant was released in 2013 and focuses on gay seniors.
The film was inspired by a screening of Trinidad at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, where Raval met a group of gay seniors. Raval also directs the music videos of Christeene Vale.
Their music videos have been screened at South by Southwest. He participated in the University of Texas at Dallas artist residency, CentralTrak, in 2011.