Charles Dye

A competitive distance runner in high school and college, Charles was immediately drawn to the story of "Finding Traction." Teaching cinema production at Virginia Tech, Charles'  film"Indian Relay" won two regional Emmy awards and aired on PBS' Independent Lens in 2013. His earlier work includes the Emmy winning "Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes," "A Cat Called Elvis" -- the #1 downloaded podcast on the Webby Award-winning "Last of the Gum Men," which aired nationally on PBS via NETA satellite in 2003, and "Saving the Snow Leopards of Mongolia," which aired worldwide on the National Geographic Channels in 2002.

Finding Traction