Scott Montgomery and Del Monte wrote the documentary and Hanan Townshend composed the music for the film.
[1] His Name Is Ray follows the precarious journey of a homeless man, Raymond Martin, for eight months on the streets of Toronto as he tries to achieve his dream of getting back on the water.
After months of driving by the intersection of Lakeshore and Jameson, Del Monte decided to talk to the man.
Townshend would send music sketches, which Del monte would listen to in one ear while filming.
[5] Outside of a $10,000 grant from Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund, the documentary was self-funded, partially with the prize money from his prior film Transformer winning the Rogers Audience Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2018.