Director

Paul Cotter

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

2.3

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 4All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 222349

IMDb ID: nm0182970

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Brighton, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2018

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 7.15

Wikidata: Q117860225

Frequent jobs

Director (5)Writer (2)Associate Producer (1)

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Biography

Born in Brighton, England, Paul studied Geography in Manchester then worked on glaciers in Pakistan, before deciding to become a filmmaker. "Bomber", described by Variety as Paul's "impressive feature debut", premiered in competition at SXSW before winning over 12 Best Feature, Director and Actor awards at festivals worldwide, securing North American distribution through Film Movement. The Chicago Reader described "Bomber" as a "truthful indie comedy masterpiece... writer and first-time feature director Paul Cotter never puts a foot wrong." while Ray Pride in NewCity described the film as "one of the most accomplished no-budget movies I've seen... inspired... beautifully composed."

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