Paul Butler is a UK screenwriter and Filmmaker based in Yorkshire. Paul has a BA in Theatre, Film and Television from York St. John University. Whilst at University Paul won a Student Royal Television Society award. After graduating University Paul worked as a producer, writer and director at a variety of film production companies. Paul has always had the desire to work in the horror genre and in 2012 whilst working with the film and animation production company Glass Cannon, Paul met director Stewart Sparke. The pair shared a sense of the macabre and in-between commissioned projects started working on their own independent horrors together. The pair's short film Containment was shortlisted for the Horror Channel's 2014 Shortcuts to Hell 2 competition and was included in the Horror Anthology Feature film. Later that year, Paul wrote the First World War short film Loss and Legacy, which earned Glass Cannon a Royal Television Society award nomination. In 2015 Paul and Stewart formalised their horror partnership by co-founding Dark Rift Films. The company focus was to produce a slate of commercially viable genre feature films. The Creature Below was the production company's first feature film. Despite being made on a micro-budget the film went on to secure physical & digital distribution in ten territories. Spurred on by the success of the first film, in 2017 the duo launched a Kickstarter campaign for their second feature film Book of Monsters. The film became the third most funded horror film in the UK on the crowd-funding platform. Book of Monsters has gone on to have a successful festival run with positive reviews and is currently (2018) at markets.
Paul Butler is known for Returning Citizens: Life Beyond Incarceration with Paul Butler (2024), Power (2024) and Second Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump (2021).
A vicar's son and the youngest of four children I was brought up in Yorkshire where my mother schooled me in speech and drama. I then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1974 to 1977 and returned North where I worked extensively in film and TV featuring in dozens of TV shows and was awarded 'Best cast in a movie' in 1997 by SAG for Playing Barry in The Full Monty. I play Michael Ellacott in the J.K.Rowling TV series Strike starring Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger, Michael is Holliday's (Robin Ellacott) dad. I'm a BAFTA film voting member. Outside of acting I am a dad with a grown up son, and am in my 3rd year of a part time BA (Hons) Painting course with the University for the Creative Arts - Open College of the Arts campus (the UCA's distance learning campus). I hope to graduate in 2023 and start an art practice alongside my acting.
Paul was born in the late Cenozoic Era, in Newton, Massachusetts, the home of the stars. After receiving a Master's degree in Theatre from the combined training programs at Trinity Repertory Company Conservatory and Rhode Island College, Paul became a mainstay in theatre, film and television in New England. Depite a rocky start where, at age six, he projectile vomited a pink Hostess Snowball on a live TV ad for that pastry, he went on as an adult to appear in hundreds of local and national commercials. For his work as an on-air Film Commentor for Providence's CBS and ABC network affiliates, he received three Emmy nominations in five years. He toured for two years with the National Theatre of the Performing Arts and at Equity theaters throughout New England and New York. While working as an actor in Los Angeles, Paul became involved in medical education with the schools of medicine at UCLA and USC, beginning as a Standardized Patient and before becoming an actor trainer and curriculum coordinator at the David Geffen School of Medicine. During that period, Paul directed training films for that program which were used around world to educate future doctors. Paul's recent work as an actor reflects his interest in focusing attention on social justice issues. In 2022, he appeared in "The Secret Weapon," in which he portrayed "Bull" Connor, the police chief who brutally suppressed the Civil Rights marches in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960's, and in "Aimee," (2023) as the grandfather of a 14 year-old girl abducted into a sex trafficking ring from a suburban neighborhood. He recently completed a PSA on climate change and practical ways to ameliorate its effects and a comedy series about accessing various methods of birth control. His goal is to continue to combine his passion for acting and social justice in future projects.
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Paul was raised as a sports fanatic in the tiny town of Owego, in upstate New York. Despite his size, he was a starting point for four years in college at Binghamton University and SUNY Cortland. He was also an assistant coach/recruiter for one year at Cortland. Paul then transitioned into TV, landing a sports anchor job with KRCR, an ABC Affliate in California. He covered the Sacramento Kings, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco Giants. Morrissey also became know for his humorous "Daily Show" style correspondent pieces which were not always seen as funny by the owner of the station. During this time he began doing standup comedy and fell in love performing for a live audience. Paul eventually quit his TV job moved to NYC to pursue a full-time career in comedy while earning at Master's Degree at NYU. He also trained at the UCB Theater for Improv Acting and Sketch writing. Morrissey gained exposure when he made his network television debut on "The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on CBS. He was so well received that Paul was asked to make three more appearances on "The Late, Late Show." In July of 2014 Morrissey reached the goal of every standup comedian by making his debut "The Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS. He was also featured as a sports reporter in Nike Commercials with LA Clippers star Chris Paul. Morrissey is also a talented writer, working on a CBS pilot produced by Matt Damon & Ben Affleck titled "More Time With Family" (2014) starring Tom Papa and Allyson Hannigan. Morrissey was selected to perform at the 2015 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, 2015 Lucille Ball Festival, 2013 Great American Comedy Festival (Johnny Carson) Norfolk,NE, and was one of only five North American comedians selected to perform at the 2013 Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland. The recent TV exposure has put Paul in high demand as a headliner at clubs and colleges across the US and Canada. He also performs frequently at The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, Laugh Factory, The Hollywood Improv. Morrissey is a frequent guest on the "Artie Lange Uncensored Podcast" and also "Bennington" on Sirius/XM radio. He released his third CD with Rooftop Comedy Records called "Paul Morrissey's Back." He also hosts the Alley Oop Podcast with sports writers and comedians like Jim Gaffigan, Artie Lange & Larry Miller.
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