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Paul Swadel

{{Short description|New Zealand film director and producer}}

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Paul Regan Swadel{{cite web|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=paul-regan-swadel&pid=178117069|title=Paul Swadel death notice|work=The New Zealand Herald }} (23 October 1968 – 18 March 2016){{cite news |last1=Fletcher |first1=Jack |title=Life story: Paul Swadel |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/78445292/life-story-paul-swadel |work=Stuff |date=31 March 2016 |language=en}} was a New Zealand film director and producer.

Life and career

Swadel nurtured a filmmaking partnership with James Cunningham that spanned fifteen years and four globally successful short films. Their film Infection competed at Cannes International Film Festival 2000, Sundance Film Festival 2001 and twenty other international film festivals. Paul and James developed an indie performance capture driven CGI film Marshal with Mark Ordesky, executive producer of The Lord of the Rings. Their proof of concept short film Poppy, was shot on the Weta Digital motion capture soundstage. Poppy features Matthew Sunderland, winner of Best Actor Award at the 2008 NZ Screen Awards.[http://www.qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145866164 Matthew Sunderland – 2008 Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025613/http://www.qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145866164 |date=14 October 2008 }}

Swadel was a co-executive producer of Headstrong with Ant Timpson and Leanne Saunders.{{Cite web |url=http://www.headstrong.co.nz/ |title=Headstrong Ltd. |access-date=22 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730011728/http://www.headstrong.co.nz/ |archive-date=30 July 2008 |url-status=dead }} Their feature film The Devil Dared Me To had its world premiere at SXSW and screened at over twenty International Film Festivals. It has been sold to Wild Bunch for the United Kingdom, Vivendi for the United States and Boll AG for rest of the world. Their second feature film A Song of Good began its festival run with a World Premiere at Rotterdam Film Festival where it sold out all of its screenings.[http://www.asongofgood.com/ A SONG OF GOOD – Feature Film] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520124233/http://asongofgood.com/ |date=20 May 2013 }} It garnered 5 nominations at the 2008 New Zealand Screen Awards, and won a Best Picture Award.[http://www.qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145866164 A SONG OF GOOD – 2008 Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025613/http://www.qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145866164 |date=14 October 2008 }}

He also directed a significant number of award-winning art documentaries around the world. These range in subject from Plácido Domingo at the New York Metropolitan Opera, The Understudy, to an award-winning six-hour series on the history of New Zealand Art, The Big Picture presented by Hamish Keith, which garnered three nominations at the 2008 New Zealand Screen Awards, and won Best Series and Best Music awards.[http://www.qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145866164 THE BIG PICTURE – 2008 Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025613/http://www.qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145866164 |date=14 October 2008 }}

Swadel died on 18 March 2016, after suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He was survived by his son Felix, as well as his parents, siblings and other family members.

Gallery

File:McCahon I Am.jpg|Poster of Colin McCahon: I Am (2004)

Filmography

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rowspan="2"|Year

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width="65"| Director

! width="65"| Producer

! width="65"| Exec. producer

! width="65"| Writer

1987

! scope="row"| The Erotric Frigidaire

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| rowspan="2"| Short film

1992

! scope="row"| Zerographic

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1994

! scope="row"| A Little Death

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|{{no}}

|{{no}}

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|Short film
Co-directed with Simon Perkins

1996

! scope="row"| Supercollider

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|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

| rowspan="9"| Short film

1997

! scope="row"| Delf

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|{{yes}}

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1998

! scope="row"| Blinder

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|{{no}}

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1999

! scope="row"| Like An Angel

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|{{no}}

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rowspan="2"| 2000

! scope="row"| Accidents

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|{{no}}

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scope="row"| Infection

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|{{no}}

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2001

! scope="row"| Junk

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|{{no}}

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rowspan="2"| 2002

! scope="row"| Beautiful

|{{no}}

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|{{yes}}

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scope="row"| The French Doors

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rowspan="4"| 2004

! scope="row"| Colin McCahon: I Am

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|{{no}}

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|Documentary

scope="row"| Ride

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| rowspan="3"| Short film

scope="row"| Water

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scope="row"| No Ordinary Sun

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2005

! scope="row"| The Understudy

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|Television film

rowspan="2"| 2007

! scope="row"| The Big Picture

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|{{no}}

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|Television series; 1 episode

scope="row"| The Devil Dared Me To

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| rowspan="2"| Film

2008

! scope="row"| A Song of Good

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2009

! scope="row"| Poppy

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| rowspan="2"| Short film

2010

! scope="row"| Where Dad Walked

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2011

! scope="row"| When A City Falls

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|Film

2015

! scope="row"| Feeder

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|Short film

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0841419}}
  • [http://www.poppyfilm.com Poppy: Short film official website]
  • [http://www.blueharvest.co.nz/new/ Blue Harvest: Executive Producing Shorts w/- NZFC]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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