Doug Haynes

Doug was born in New York City and came to California as a child, growing up and attending school there. He earned a BFA from the College of Creative Studies, UCSB, and an MFA in Film from San Francisco Art Institute, focusing on animation. After graduation, he worked as an animator and filmmaker at Chuck Jones Studios, Hollywood, and Korty Films, Mill Valley, then went on to become an educator, preferring the academic world. Doug was a professor at the Chicago Art Institute. When he learned he had AIDS, he returned to San Francisco (where he had lived for 15 years), for treatment. During the lean years, he held a variety of jobs, including projectionist at Cento Cedar Cinema in San Francisco, but also worked a variety of other, sometimes menial, jobs. When after a three-year battle with AIDS he entered the hospital, he listed his occupation as "staying alive."