Paul Lynch

Camera Operator, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer and Screenwriter

Waterford, Ireland

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About Paul

Paul Lynch is a filmmaker who shot the award-winning short JOHN KELLY TELLS ALL (Winner Best Film Milano Film Festival 2001) and directed the comedy BOARD. Paul also served as a scriptwriter on RTE's flagship soap FAIR CITY.

Filmmaking allows for social issues to be explored, and a passion of Paul's is tutoring others on all aspects of film. He has spent over twenty years making films and documentaries, featuring, and including, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Paul has also produced, shot, edited and directed numerous music videos including RAZORBLADES AND ASHTRAYS (Winner of Best Music Video Underground Cinema Film Festival 2014).

In 2014 Paul directed AN BEAN SIDHE, based on Eoin O'Sullivan's award-winning script, and was the visual artist on the award-winning feature film AFTERDEATH (distributed by Icon Film Distribution) and co-edited the independent feature HARRY HAMLET AND I.

In 2016 Paul directed, shot and edited three short films, STATEMENT, CHIMERA and DIG (which he also wrote), and which was released as part of the horror anthology 60 SECONDS TO DIE, released by Sector 5 Films, in 2017, Paul wrote, shot, edited and directed COMING ATTRACTIONS featured in the U.S. release GRINDSPLOITATION 4: MELTSPLOITATION and was distributed by Troma Films.

Paul, and his writing partner Eoin O'Sullivan, are currently developing and producing an independent feature entitled NOWHERE, and recently completed the screenplay BANSHEE AWAKENING.

Paul also has been shot at by Colin Farrell and faked narcolepsy whilst flying a plane.

Paul's best co-productions are his children.

Gender:
Male

Certifications

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Videos

Loglines

Banshee Awakening Horror Within a small Irish village struggling to survive during the potato famine, a young woman discovers the spirit heralding each new death may be haunting her own family line.
Don't Sleep When a specialist in sleep paralysis is called to investigate the mysterious death of inmates at a remote island prison for the criminally insane, she must solve the crime before falling asleep, or everyone on the island will die.

Credits

In The Blink Of An Eye (2015)
Documentary by One Louder Productions Writer/Director/Camera
AfterDeath (2014)
Film by acheronfilmsuk Artist
An Bean Sidhe (2014)
Film (short) by New Aims Productions/One Louder Productions Director
Watershed (2014)
Film by One Louder Productions Writer/Director
Voodoo - We The People (2013)
Video by reeldubfilms Writer/Director/Camera/Editor
Razorblades And Ashtrays - We The People (2013)
Video by reeldubfilms Writer/Director/Camera/Editor
Hollow Thoughts - We The People (2013)
Video by reeldubfilms Writer/Director/Camera/Editor

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Awards

Best Music Video (Director/Editor/DoP/Producer) - 4th Underground Cinema Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland.
(2013)