Darryl Grogan

Darryl Grogan is an American filmmaker and skateboarder.
Growing up in the 70's in Southern California, Grogan's exposure and appreciation for the arts came early through his parents, who would both later become teachers. By the mid to late 80's Darryl's interest in skateboarding began to grow and by the early to mid 90's he became known as a pro freestyle skateboarder, competing and doing demos in the US and Europe. By the late 90's his interest in film became much stronger and having finished film school and completing several skateboard films and documentary projects mostly with 16mm, Grogan moved to the Los Angeles area to be closer to the film industry. Having to take an occasional waiter or bar-tending job to supplement his income and support his passion for film, Darryl began to concentrate more on commercial and industrial film work, filming and editing many commercials for cable and promotional videos/industrial films for business. His commitment to film is evident in his work, always choosing to shoot film over video when the budget permitted him to do so. Grogan continued to skate off and on in between film projects and in 2000 he directed and edited 2 commercials for Kevin Costner's restaurant "The Clubhouse" in Costa Mesa, which then garnered him more attention as a commercial director. In the years following, he pursued more commercial work along with other film and video projects. By the the mid to late 2000's he began to move more toward music videos and shorter documentary projects (documentary shorts).
His latest film, a documentary, finished in early 2010 is "a collection of short films", as he calls it, highlighting various aspects of the skateboard industry. Shot almost entirely in film, mostly 35mm, this "documentary skateboard film project" compiles 8 short documentary pieces which he filmed and edited between 2008-2010.

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