Doug Dearth has been an actor for many years, working with noted directors Steven Frears, Bruce Berisford, Clint Eastwood and Harold Ramos. In 1993 Doug moved from Canton, Ohio to Los Angeles, where he began his acting career with a first screen appearance in the film, Money For Nothing.

Doug began working behind the camera in 1997, where he applied his passion for music working with John Cusack's New Crime Productions on the music selections for Grosse Pointe Blank. Doug went on to work as the Music Coordinator on the hit feature High Fidelity.

Doug's producing career started in 1999 as Associate Producer on The Jack Bull, an HBO movie of the week. Recently Doug again teamed up with New Crime Productions to Co-Produce the feature Grace Is Gone. Grace is Gone premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award: Dramatic and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. It was then picked up for distribution by The Weinstein Company.

Doug recently finished post-production on War, Inc., a film in which he served as Co-Producer and Second Unit Director. He was once again highly involved with the music for the film, supervising the production of multiple songs performed in the film by Hilary Duff, as well as working with the film's composer, David Robbins to develop the score.

Doug is currently directing and producing a documentary on a stroke victims journey to China seeking an alternative to a broken American health care system. This is the first film produced under the banner of his new production company, One In A Row Films.

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