Doug Langway

{{Short description|American screenwriter and director (died 2022)}}

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Douglas Langway (October 5, 1970 – October 9, 2022) was an American screenwriter and film director, best known for his film trilogy BearCity, BearCity 2: The Proposal, and Bear City 3."Furry Friends: Doug Langway's Bear City is the first American feature about gay bear life". Metro Weekly, October 13, 2010. His first feature film, Raising Heroes, was released in 1996.

Langway was the president and CEO of Sharpleft Studios, a media and marketing firm which also served as his production studio for the BearCity films."The Bears Take P-Town". Gay City News, September 29, 2012. He was openly gay. He also appeared as himself in Malcolm Ingram's 2010 documentary film Bear Nation, and was a producer of Ingram's 2015 documentary film Out to Win.

Doug died on October 9, 2022, from liver cancer. He was 52 years old.[https://bearsinexcess.com/2022/10/11/goodbye-doug-langway/ Goodbye Doug Langway]