Paul Boyd(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Born in Scotland, Paul's journey as a filmmaker began as a teenager.
His Super 8 films earned him a place at prestigious St Martins School
of Art in London where he graduated with BA Hons in Fine Art Film.
After directing 30 (or so) low budget Music Videos in the UK, Paul moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full time career in film-making. He signed to a directing contract through Ridley Scott & Assoc where he helped develop Black Dog films, being the 1st director on contract. At RSA he created music videos for Lenny Kravitz, Inxs, Seal and Jamiroquai to name a few.
From there Paul went on to a directing contract at Propaganda Films under the leadership of Steve Golin and Co. At Propaganda films Paul directed award winning, world-class, music videos for superstars, Shania Twain, Sting, Céline Dion, Bryan Adams, The Backstreet Boys. Paul has over 150 music videos directing credits to date.
Paul's career expanded into commercials where he created/directed campaigns for Jaguar, Toyota, Volkswagen, L'Oréal, Target, P&G, Clairol, etc. Paul was instrumental in setting up cross-promotion product placement in music videos with his worldwide smash for Sting, Desert Rose featuring the new line of Jaguars in 2001.
Paul wrote and directed his debut feature film 'Vicious Circle' which was released theatrically in '09 and won numerous festival awards including Best Picture at the NY Latino Film Festival. Paul continues to direct and now works as Head Of Production for Dave Stewart's Weapons Of Mass Entertainment, a full service production company based in Hollywood CA. Paul is also in pre-production for his sophomore feature film Girl Wanted.
After directing 30 (or so) low budget Music Videos in the UK, Paul moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full time career in film-making. He signed to a directing contract through Ridley Scott & Assoc where he helped develop Black Dog films, being the 1st director on contract. At RSA he created music videos for Lenny Kravitz, Inxs, Seal and Jamiroquai to name a few.
From there Paul went on to a directing contract at Propaganda Films under the leadership of Steve Golin and Co. At Propaganda films Paul directed award winning, world-class, music videos for superstars, Shania Twain, Sting, Céline Dion, Bryan Adams, The Backstreet Boys. Paul has over 150 music videos directing credits to date.
Paul's career expanded into commercials where he created/directed campaigns for Jaguar, Toyota, Volkswagen, L'Oréal, Target, P&G, Clairol, etc. Paul was instrumental in setting up cross-promotion product placement in music videos with his worldwide smash for Sting, Desert Rose featuring the new line of Jaguars in 2001.
Paul wrote and directed his debut feature film 'Vicious Circle' which was released theatrically in '09 and won numerous festival awards including Best Picture at the NY Latino Film Festival. Paul continues to direct and now works as Head Of Production for Dave Stewart's Weapons Of Mass Entertainment, a full service production company based in Hollywood CA. Paul is also in pre-production for his sophomore feature film Girl Wanted.
