Dunlap grew up in Dallas and studied vérité filmmaking at Southern Methodist University, where he made Sometimes I Run as a student film project. He later worked at the Dallas PBS affiliate,
Dunlap grew up in Dallas and studied vérité filmmaking at Southern Methodist University, where he made Sometimes I Run as a student film project. He later worked at the Dallas PBS affiliate, KERA-TV, and continued making films about Dallas life, including East Dallas and Big D. He since has produced, written and directed many documentary and narrative films and now lives in New Orleans, where he devotes his time to preserving analog video recordings.
