About

Rob Rapley
Writer, Director, Producer

Rob is the founder and owner of Apograph Productions. He is an award-winning director, writer, and producer of documentaries, with decades of nationally and internationally broadcast work. This includes more than a dozen documentaries for PBS and other major outlets, which have reached millions of viewers and have earned honors including an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia Award, two Writers Guild of America Awards, multiple Emmy nominations, an International Documentary Association Award, a CINE Special Jury Award and more. Before becoming a filmmaker, Rob worked as an audio engineer on film, television, and recording projects, collaborating with artists ranging from Martin Scorsese to the Berlin Philharmonic. These included Grammy-winning recordings by Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis, and an Emmy Award nomination as Sound Mixer for Bobby McFerrin’s Loosely Mozart.

Lauren Waring Douglas
Producer

Lauren Waring Douglas, producer. From America After Charleston to the critically acclaimed After Sherman, Lauren is dedicated to celebrating the unsung stories of her native South Carolina. She comes to Apograph Productions with When Porgy Came Home, the untold story of the opera, Porgy and Bess

Emily Harrold
Producer

Emily Harrold is a documentary filmmaker from Orangeburg, South Carolina. Her films have screened at festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival, DOC NYC and the Telluride Film Festival. She is currently producing When Porgy Came Home for Apograph.