Award-winning director and creator of documentaries, dance films and visual works. Floor assistant director on shoots for clients such as Ford, Estée Lauder, Dazed and Sony; 1st assistant director through 2017 on feature documentary Postcards From The 48% and short films.
Paul's newest film Hildegard visualising the divine visions of German nun Hildegard von Bingen screened early 2018 at Lingua Ignota at Hackney Showroom commissioned by Filthy Lucre. Lost In The Nameless City is an award-winning film that had its world premiere in New York late 2017 at The Artists Forum Festival of The Moving Image and looks to more coming in 2018.
His films of dance, documentary and fiction have opened festivals, been awarded, nominated and internationally selected at LA County Museum of Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts and cities Toronto, New Delhi, New Orleans, St. Petersburg, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dublin and Cape Town. Festivals such as London Short Film Festival and Tirana International Film Festival, events San Diego Comic-Con and exhibition Zealous X (Oxo Tower Wharf, London). His promotional work has been televised prime-time on BBC One and he's been commissioned to make dance films in Denmark supported by Danish Arts Foundation with collaborator Julie Schmidt Andreasen. His series Videos For Artists has documented artists' work at Barbican Centre and London galleries.
Paul has been the 1st assistant director on feature documentary Postcards From The 48% releasing theatrically in 2018 and floor 2nd assistant director on shoots for clients such as Compare The Market and Ford working with companies Taylor James, Good Relations, The Outfit and Gravity Road. He has also worked on shoots with Electronic Arts, Hugo Boss, GQ and on feature documentary New Town Utopia releasing in 2018 as a production assistant and additionally editing an initial trailer for the director towards fundraising. In addition to various kinds of filmmaking, Paul also has bespoke photography commissions with English Heritage at various locations and towards national marketing.
As a filmmaker he is deeply interested in cinematic aesthetics and form, striving to create work of individuality, image and tone. Read more about Paul's films and influences in his interviews with publications VideoFocus Bienniale and Gorilla Film Magazine.
2018
Highlights of 2017
December 1st | Exploding Cinema and award win for A FIlm By Abigail
November 15th | Lost In The Nameless City in DOCFILM FESTIVAL official selection
November 3rd | New Town Utopia feature documentary preview, releasing 2018
October 10th | ARTISTS FORUM FESTIVAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE World Premiere of Lost In The Nameless City in New York TONIGHT / iTunes Score Released
July 14th | 1st Assistant Director On Postcards From The 48% Feature Documentary
July 12th | Columbia Records Artists London Grammar Music Video I Assisted On Now Online
July 7th | Joey Wears Fashion Brand Kickstarter Video Now Online
June 28th | Lost In The Nameless City - Out Of Competition in EXPERIMENTAL FILM & MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL In Toronto
May 5th | Lost In The Nameless City - WINNER - Experimental Award
April 4th | Lost In The Nameless City Award Nominated, LEMOART GALLERY (Berlin) & screening April / May
March 31st | Estée Lauder #ConfidenceUncovered Videos That I Assisted On Now Online
February 23rd | ART VIDEO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF CANNES Invites The Body Canvas Into Film Catalogue
Highlights of 2016
November 7th | Official Selection in New Delhi at CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL
July 12th | Human Proportions Film Commission in Denmark
May 31st | DANISH ARTS FOUNDATION commission & Music Promo Online
May 19th | Award Nominee & Official Selection at NEAR NAZARETH FILM FESTIVAL in Israel
April 20th | Official Selection at INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR KIDS in Hickory (USA)
March 31st | Award Nominee at KINODOT MINIMALIST FILM FESTIVAL in St. Petersberg (Russia)
Highlights of 2015
October 23rd | Official Selection & Award Nominee at TIRANA FILM FESTIVAL (Albania)
October 7th | Best Short Documentary Award Nominee in Cairo (Egypt) at QABILA FILM FESTIVAL
September 9th | The Body Canvas broadcast worldwide via satellite & online on IKONO TV (Berlin)
August 17th | The Body Canvas Screens in Copenhagen
July 30th | SUMMER CINEMA screening at Surface Gallery
May 8th | Interview with THE NEW CURRENT & Kaleidoscopic Arts Platform screening
May 1st | The Body Canvas advertised in THE DANCER MAGAZINE
March 4th | Official Selection & Closing Film at NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
February 16th | Branches & Bones on Vimeo screened throughout January in Denmark + Danish Filming Journal & Article
Highlights of 2014
December 15th | TRISPACE GALLERY screening A Film By Abigail at TRISPACE SHORTS
November 7th | Official Selection 5th DOCFILM FESTIVAL [Videos For Artists #3]
August 8th | NEW Interview with Gorilla Film Magazine + Official Selection NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
July 15th | SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON Official Selection SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
May 20th | Vortex Cinema Club at Doopo Doopo Art Gallery
May 7th | BARBICAN / FILTHY LUCRE / DENMARK
April 18th | A Film By Abigail Opening Film of London Short Film Special at 25th INTERNATIONALES FILMFEST EMDEN-NORDERNEY (Germany)
April 16th | BIFF Review + Schedule Released for A Film By Abigail at WONDERCON ANAHEIM INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
March 18th | Guest Speaking at BRADFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL [Screening and Q&A]
February 17th | MARS-II in Official Selection at TRI-CITIES INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL & a mini tour of USA
January 13th | A Film By Abigail screens at ICA for LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL + LEEDS-LIST "Future Filmakers" Interview
Highlights of 2013
December 13th | A Film By Abigail at LACMA for LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
November 24th | A Film By Abigail in Official Selection LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL screening at ICA
November 18th | The Body Canvas World Premiere at ZEALOUS X Art Exhibition [Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank, London]
October 28th | The Ice Cream Men Premiering at 4th DOCFILM FESTIVAL
September 12th | MARS-II Short-Listed For National Awards
August 17th | A Film By Abigail opening film of THE SHORT CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL
August 14th | MARS-II in Official Selection in India at A SHORT EVENING WITH FILMS
May 29th | A Film By Abigail Official Selection DOCFILM FESTIVAL
May 12th | A Film By Abigail RNC AWARD NOMINEE in France at ENGLISH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF ROUEN
April 29th | Promotional Footage Airs Prime-Time Saturday BBC ONE
April 9th | A Film By Abigail Screens In New York City Throughout 2013
February 23rd | The Body Canvas / 38th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival / Dinmill Promotional Video Online
Highlights of 2012
November 5th | SLEEPWALKERS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT & SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Tallinn, Estonia) Programme Released
November 3rd | VIBETOWN Live @ Eiger Studios Promotional Music Videos Released
July 17th | A Film By Abigail OPENING FILM at BAFTA short filmshowcase