Born on a mattress in his mom's living room, Doug Lenox spent the bulk of his youth watching movies and suffering through the yearly failures of his beloved sports teams. He found little else that held his interest until he discovered juvenile delinquency. However, an incarceration for armed robbery at age sixteen quickly ended Doug's burgeoning romance with crime. He finished high school and moved on to college, where he discovered a love for history, writing, literature, film, and whisky. He earned his B.A. in American Studies from UC-Berkeley.

After graduation, Doug worked as a video store clerk by day, a barista by night, and a UPS package loader by overnight. Something about the seventy hour work week inspired him to quit his jobs, move to New Orleans, and go to film school. At the University of New Orleans, Doug wrote, directed, and shot his first film, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, which screened at the Coney Island Film Festival and the Big Muddy Film Festival. He had just begun his second year at the University of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast.

Amidst the chaotic aftermath of the storm, Doug was temporarily admitted to the graduate film program at NYU. While coping with displacement, he wrote the film, Quincy & Althea. Filled with both joy and sorrow, he returned to his former New Orleans home to direct his satirical tale of Hurricane Katrina, marriage and survival.

Quincy & Althea has screened at over 40 festivals in 7 countries, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Palm Springs Festival of Short Films, and the Woodstock Film Festival. The film won the Student Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Best Student Narrative at the Fargo Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Memphis International Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Nevada City Film Festival.

As a result of his work, Doug was formally admitted as a rare transfer student to NYU's graduate film program. Currently, he is in pre-production for his thesis film, Local Tourists. His latest film, Over Lunch, a non-autobiographical short about the unraveling of a casual sexual relationship, will begin its festival run this fall. Doug is also in the midst of developing Christmas Cards from Prison, his first feature film, as well as a collection of short stories, a stage play, and a TV series.

He resides in Sunnyside, Queens, but he and his girlfriend talk a lot about moving to Los Angeles.