Director

Paul Jay

Directing

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 112215

IMDb ID: nm0419627

Known for: Directing

Born: August 7, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1998 - 2003

Years active: 6

Average TMDB rating: 7.5

Wikidata: Q7151560

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Writer (1)

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Biography

Paul Jay is a Canadian filmmaker and journalist born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He is a dual Canadian/American citizen and lived in Baltimore for eight years. Jay was executive producer of CBC Newsworld’s CounterSpin. He is the founder and former editor-in-chief of The Real News Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also the founding chair of Hot Docs!, the Canadian documentary film festival. Jay is the President of Counterspin Films, a production company based in Toronto and New York.

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