{"id":239,"date":"2026-03-19T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/paul-schoolman\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:59:19","slug":"paul-schoolman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/paul-schoolman\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bPAUL SCHOOLMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-1\" id=\"sec-5062\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle u-sheet-1\">\n        <p class=\"u-custom-font u-font-courier-new u-text u-text-default u-text-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700;\">PAUL SCHOOLMAN - WRITER &amp; DIRECTOR<\/span>\n          <br>Trained: The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London<br>Ecole Jaques Lecoq, Paris - UK Arts Council<br>\n          <br>Film: Interned on: Chariots of Fire, working in all department from Pre Prod thru Post&nbsp;<br>Zoetrope Studios, LA, including script workshops with Francis Coppola&nbsp;<br>\n          <br>Filmography:&nbsp;<br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/paul-schoolman\/www.JailCaesar.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-1\">Jail Caesar<\/a>&nbsp;: writer-director, camera. Nominated Best UK Feature:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/i-flicks.net\/reviews\/63-raindance-2012\/3545-raindance-film-review-stringcaesar\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-2\">Raindance Film Festival London<\/a>; Won Best Film: Pan Pacific Film Festival; Best Feature Film:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/event\/ev0001826\/2013\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-3\">Berlin Independent Film Festival<\/a>; The Reader\u2019s Choice: Chicago International Film Festival; Best Producers:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/event\/ev0001944\/2014\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-4\">Madrid International Film Festival<\/a>. Released on Netflix USA and Internationally including China.&nbsp;<br>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shingetsuthemovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-5\">Shingetsu<\/a>: 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&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n          <br>Shorts:&nbsp;<br>'Somewhere Else' at Edinburgh, Chicago, Tours - Distinction<br>'Journey to a Spirit that Lives in Water': Doc re the rise of Shamanic Healing, in post independence Zimbabwe&nbsp;<br>\n          <br>Theatre:&nbsp;<br>Invited to open the new Riverside Theatre with Bergman\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.personaonstage.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-6\">Persona<\/a>\u2019 - his own adaptation.<br>Ran own experimental theatre companies with Bruce Lidington, \u2018Blind Summit\u2019, and Celia Gore-Booth,&nbsp;<br>\u2018Zizi and Pipi\u2019s Theatre Company\u2019<br>Worked in all areas of theatre in repertory companies around Britain.<br>Worked extensively with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cssd.ac.uk\/news\/cicely-berry-cbe\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-7\">Cicely Berry<\/a>&nbsp;in Prisons everywhere researching and preparing for Jail Caesar. Dual nationality: USA &amp; UK\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAUL SCHOOLMAN &#8211; WRITER &amp; DIRECTOR Trained: The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, LondonEcole Jaques Lecoq, Paris &#8211; UK Arts Council Film: Interned on: Chariots of Fire, working in all department from Pre Prod thru Post&nbsp;Zoetrope Studios, LA, including script workshops with Francis Coppola&nbsp; Filmography:&nbsp; Jail Caesar&nbsp;: writer-director, camera. Nominated Best UK Feature:&nbsp;Raindance Film &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/paul-schoolman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u200bPAUL SCHOOLMAN&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedabusethemovie.com\/presenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}