Doug Claybourne

Born in Houston, Texas, raised and educated in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Doug Claybourne first came into the film business from a background of advertising and art direction studies after obtaining a BS degree from the University of Tulsa. Thereafter came two years of post graduate study at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles before Claybourne turned to film. It took a six month stint as an assistant art director on The City of San Francisco magazine and a working relationship with the owner, Francis Coppola, to convince Claybourne to make the switch official. Early in 1976, during his first semester of film school after exiting City magazine, Claybourne, prompted by a quote attributed to Coppola, "...the problem with most film students is, they're afraid to take risks," Claybourne offered to work "at no charge" for the next eight weeks, just to find out if the movie business was something he really wanted to pursue over the long term. The film was Apocalypse Now (1979) and eight w