PAUL SCHOOLMAN - WRITER & DIRECTOR
Trained: The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London
Ecole Jaques Lecoq, Paris - UK Arts Council

Film: Interned on: Chariots of Fire, working in all department from Pre Prod thru Post 
Zoetrope Studios, LA, including script workshops with Francis Coppola 

Filmography: 
Jail Caesar : writer-director, camera. Nominated Best UK Feature: Raindance Film Festival London; Won Best Film: Pan Pacific Film Festival; Best Feature Film: Berlin Independent Film Festival; The Reader’s Choice: Chicago International Film Festival; Best Producers: Madrid International Film Festival. Released on Netflix USA and Internationally including China. 

Shingetsu: Director and Camera. Co-wrote with Gunter Singer and Alice Krige. Shared Special Jury Award with President Carter at the Pan Pacific Film Peace Festival  

Shorts: 
'Somewhere Else' at Edinburgh, Chicago, Tours - Distinction
'Journey to a Spirit that Lives in Water': Doc re the rise of Shamanic Healing, in post independence Zimbabwe 

Theatre: 
Invited to open the new Riverside Theatre with Bergman’s ‘Persona’ - his own adaptation.
Ran own experimental theatre companies with Bruce Lidington, ‘Blind Summit’, and Celia Gore-Booth, 
‘Zizi and Pipi’s Theatre Company’
Worked in all areas of theatre in repertory companies around Britain.
Worked extensively with Cicely Berry in Prisons everywhere researching and preparing for Jail Caesar. Dual nationality: USA & UK