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Paul Ziller Writer//Director//Producer

completed the New York University Graduate Film and Television Program in the early 1980's, on the heels of fellow alumni Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch. After serving time as Supervising Editor for New York's infamous Troma Films (‘The Toxic Avenger’), Paul moved to Los Angeles to work in the Roger Corman "school of filmmaking" where he quickly learned the essentials of directing on a tight budget. Paul went on to direct pictures throughout North America, eventually settling in Vancouver. He has directed twenty-five feature length films and has worked on several television series, including Stargate-Atlantis.
In 2000, Paul started up Artsy Fartsy Pictures Inc. with his partner Elizabeth Sanchez.
Paul's in-the-trenches experience as a director, his passion for editing, and his profound knowledge of the post-production process have allowed him to bring incredible production value to their projects. He reconnected with Roger Corman, who agreed to distribute their first film, Avalanche Alley (Ed Marinary, Nick Mancuso). The success of this film led to their next projects, Firefight (Stephen Baldwin) and Snakehead Terror (Bruce Boxleitneb Carol Alt), opening up relationships with other distributors and broadcasters.

    film & television

      STARGATE ATLANTISdirector
      John Smith, Producer
      Sci Fi TV series

      2-HUMANdirector
      Joseph Lawrence, Scott Bairstow, Chris Jericho
      Sci Fi Channel, Brainstorm Media, Inferno

      SOLAR STRIKE director
      Mark Dacascos, Lou Gossett Jr.
      Sci Fi Channel, Reel One Ent., Cinetel Films

      SWARMED director
      Michael Shanks, Carol Alt
      Sci Fi Channel, Reel One Entertainment

      SNAKEHEAD TERROR director / producer
      Bruce Boxleitner, Carol Alt, William Davis
      Sci Fi Channel, Cinetel Films

      FIREFIGHT director / producer / screenwriter
      Stephen Baldwin, Nick Mancuso
      New Horizons, AFP

      AVALANCHE ALLEY director / producer / screenwriter
      Ed Marinaro, Nick Mancuso
      New Horizons, AFP

      SILENT CRADLE director
      Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Margot Kidder
      Lifetime/Illusions Entertainment

      BEAR WITH ME director / screenwriter
      Michael Ontkean, Eric Johnson, Helen Shaver
      Chesler-Perlmutter Prods

      BETAVILLE/WELCOME TO PARADOX (series) director
      USA Network/Alliance-Atlantis/Chesler-Perlmutter Prods
      Tab Baird, Producer

      PANIC IN THE SKIES director
      Kate Jackson, Ed Marinaro, Robert Guillaume, Erik Estrada
      Family Channel/Shavick Entertainment

      MOVING TARGET director / screenwriter
      Don Wilson, Bill Murphy
      New Horizons

      MS. BEAR director / screenwriter
      Ed Begley Jr., Shaun Johnston
      Alliance/Chesler-Perlmutter Productions

      VIRTUAL INSANITY director / screenwriter
      Jeff Fahey, Meshach Taylor, Ami Dolenz
      Showtime (sci-fi feature series)

      HIGHLANDER (series) director
      Filmline International
      Ken Gord, Producer

      PROBABLE CAUSE director / screenwriter
      Michael Ironside, Craig T. Nelson, Brooke Adams
      Showtime/Illusions Entertainment

      BREAKING POINT director
      Gary Busey, Kim Cattrall, Darlanne Fluegel
      Spelling Entertainment/Republic Pictures

      BEYOND SUSPICION director
      Jack Scalia, Stephanie Kramer
      Shavick Entertainment

      DEADLY SURVEILLANCE director / screenwriter / editor
      Michael Ironside, David Carradine
      Showtime/Allegro Films/Cinetel

      SHOOTFIGHTER II director
      Bolo Yeung, Billy Zappka, Michael Bernardo
      Alliance/Mark Damon Productions/A.N.A. Productions

      BACK IN ACTION director
      Roddy Piper, Billy Blanks
      MCA Universal/Cineplex Odeon Films

      BLOODFIST IV: DIE TRYING director / screenwriter
      Don Wilson, James Tolken, Amanda Weiss
      Concorde/Roger Corman

      PLEDGE NIGHT director / editor
      featuring Anthrax's Joey Belladona
      Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment

      RALPH AND THE ROCKERS director / screenwriter
      Artsy Fartsy Productions

      other experience
      CAGED HEAT II screenwriter
      Concorde/Roger Corman

      THE NEIGHBOR script rewrite
      Linda Kawolski, Rod Steiger
      Allegro Films/Image/Westwind

      BACKSTAB script rewrite / editor
      James Brolin
      Allegro Films/Image/Westwind

      PSYCHIC editor
      Michael Nouri, Catherine Mary Stewart
      Trimark Pictures/Allegro Films/Westwind

      NOW I KNOW editor
      Matt Mulhurn
      Lifetime


          awards
            AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE DIRECTING INTERNSHIP.
            Sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
            ACADEMY AWARD REGIONAL FINALIST (student short film).
          schools
            NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GRADUATE FILM AND TELEVISION
            Master of Fine Arts - Film Production
            WILLIAM DAVIS CENTER FOR ACTOR'S STUDY
            Acting for Film and Television
            NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY AT NEW PALTZ
            Bachelor of Arts - Cinema Studies
          citizenship
            United States and Canada

      Paul Ziller
      info@artsyfartsypictures.com