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Education |
| 1996 | Graduated cum laude with Distinction in English and prizes in literary criticism, fiction, expository writing and musical performance from Yale University (Connecticut, USA) |
| 1993 | Graduated from the Juilliard School after scholarship violin studies with Robert Mann and the Juilliard String Quartet (New York City, USA) |
Experience |
| 2007 | artist residency: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst (VA, USA) |
| | artist residency: Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner (WY, USA) |
| 2006 | artist residency: MacDowell Colony, Peterborough (NH, USA) |
| | film award: Best Independent North American Feature Film, Indianapolis International Film Festival |
| | film award: Special Director's Prize, Santa Cruz Film Festival |
| | film award: Gold Medal for Excellence, Park City Film Music Festival |
| | anthology publication: Best Sex Writing 2006 |
| 2005 | anthology publication: Best Sex Writing 2005 |
| 2004 | writing award: Maggie Award from the Western Publisher's Association: Best Online Article, Interview or News Story (with John Borland, David Becker and Mike Yamamoto) |
| 2002 | artist residency: Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA |
| | artist residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL |
| 1999 | writing award: James Fellowship for the Novel-in-Progress: fiction division finalist |
Projects |
| 2003-present | Apparition of the Eternal Church, a movie about people's intense reactions to the music of Olivier Messiaen. |
| 2002-present | The Life of Christopher Mirabilis, a novel that portrays America's worship of prescription and recreational drugs through a modern life of Paul the Apostle. |
Paul wants to get his movie screened as part of Messiaen centenary
events happening worldwide throughout 2008. He needs help securing
music rights for the movie and paying for the promotion of the film to
music and film festivals, concert series, museums, French cultural
organizations, conservatories and universities. |
In 2006, Paul completed the 250,000-word second draft of his novel.
He has been offered two artist residencies in the second half of 2007
and needs material support to be able to take advantage of these
opportunities to write the third and final draft. |
