Dana Perry is an American filmmaker . Together with her husband Hart Perry , she operates Perry Films . She won the Academy Award for Best Documentary ( Short Subject ) at the 87th Academy Awards for co-producing film '' Crisis Hotline : Veterans Press 1 '' ( 2013 ) ; the win was shared with the film 's director and co-producer Ellen Goosenberg Kent . She also directed the HBO documentary '' Boy Interrupted '' ( 2009 ) , which addressed the 2005 suicide of her 15-year-old son Evan . Other documentaries include '' The Drug Years '' ( 2006 ) , which won a Stony Award from '' High Times '' magazine , '' And You Do n't Stop : 30 Years of Hip-Hop '' ( 2004 ) and '' Rhythm , Country & Blues '' ( 1994 ) , which explores the relationship between these musical genres
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
Dana Perry