P. Edward Claypoole
Directing
Biography
P. Edward “Ed” Claypoole is a director, producer and author currently based in West Chester, PA.
Known For
To honor his father, Keith Doubman walks from Lewes, Delaware, to San Francisco, California, raising money for cancer research.
The Trek
The story of Jamie Eugley, a young lobsterman struggling with the grinding responsibilities of a head-injured fiancée and a mounting trap war with a rival lobstering family.
The Ghost Trap
A Great Depression relays how the Farm Security Administration's documentary photography program, led by Roy E. Stryker, was used to portray the effect of government aid on poor farmers in the 1930s - 1940s. More than 175,000 photos taken for the project captured the American spirit, yet Stryker "killed" many of them by punching a hole through the negatives, a practice he never explained but ultimately discontinued.