Writer/Editor/Producer/Director
Dorian Graham began his television production career in 1993 as an eager
summer Intern with HBO Sports. After the internship ended, the brass at
HBO Sports decided to keep him on and he was offered a Production
Assistant position. He worked on Wimbledon, Boxing and various
documentaries. His talents really blossomed during the production of the
George Foster Peabody and Ace Award winning documentary, “Journey of
the African American Athlete”.
In 1996, Dorian left HBO Sports to see what the rest of the
production world had to offer. He landed a writing position with Rare Medium,
an internet company that was producing a website for the HBO original
movie “Rebound, The Earl Manigault Story”. After a brief stint there,
Dorian landed at Classic Sports Network (now known as ESPN
Classic). At Classic Sports, Dorian produced various programming promos as well
as the daily programming listings. He also found his love for editing
there.
Mr. Graham left ESPN Classic and returned to HBO Sports as an
Associate Producer. There he worked on the Emmy nominated documentary, “Bill
Russell: My Life, My Way”. At the end of his second stint at HBO
Sports, Dorian was offered what he considered to be “the perfect job”.
With his street basketball credentials, Dorian was offered a
position as a Coordinating Producer with the internet company HoopsTV.com. He
was now responsible for the content of the “streetball” section of the
website. He had a staff of 10 people that he delegated jobs to.
They did everything from shooting basketball games to logging and editing.
This was his calling and the sky was the limit.
Unfortunately for Dorian, after one year, HoopsTV.com folded and
his dream job was gone. He then took his production experience and
basketball expertise to the place where it made the most sense, the
NBA. At the NBA, Dorian produced team “I love the Game” promos and a
Martin Luther King Jr. promo for national airing. He also was used
as a 2nd Assistant Director on various shoots as well as a liaison
during All-Star Weekend with the players and celebrities for the Talent
and Relations department.
After leaving the NBA, Mr. Graham did a little of everything in the
production world. He was a casting director for the NBA, he
produced promo stunts for ESPN Classic and he was a Technical Advisor on the
documentary, “One Love”, produced by Jump-Shot Productions.
With a slow down in work in New York, Dorian packed his bags and
headed to Burbank, California to co-produce daily 20 second vignettes for
the 2002 Winter Olympic Games on NBC. He had to work 40 days in a row
to get the job done.
After a brief stint in California, he headed back to New York to
produce a television pilot on street basketball called “Street Skillz”. He
then returned to HBO Sports for a third term and was one of the
Associate Producers on the Emmy Award winning documentary series
“Legendary Nights”.
Dorian left HBO Sports again and did Field Producing in New York
for the MTV reality show “Who’s Got Game”. He packed his bags once again
and headed back to Los Angeles where he landed another Field
Producing job with Showtime on the reality show “The Next Episode”.
Mr. Graham is now residing in Los Angeles and has formed his own
production company, True Loyalty Productions, LLC. True Loyalty has
various projects on the horizon. Two sitcoms with Launch Pad
Entertainment, a game show in development and a documentary in
production on New York City streetball called “Asphalt Phenoms of
New York City, The Lost Years…” Mr. Graham was also hired as a Segment
Director for ESPN on their sports livelihood show “ESPN Hollywood”.
With ESPN canceling “ESPN Hollywood”, Dorian landed his present
job, Road Manager for the multi-talented entertainer, Nick Cannon. Their
working relationship has grown so much so that Dorian is up for a
Producer position on one of Mr. Cannon’s several television shows.
No matter the obstacle, Dorian Graham has been able to hurdle it.
The one attribute that sticks out most everywhere he goes is his
reliability. He’s a team player that goes the extra mile whether
he’s asked or not.