Paul Currie
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Paul Currie is the Co-Founder and Director of Lightstream Pictures and is currently attached to direct
the animated family film, "The Fourth Wise Man" as well as the live action fantasy film "The Moon & The Sun", the screenplay of which is written by James Schamus
and Barry Berman, and will be produced by Bill Mechanic
. His directorial work spans commercials, feature films and the staging of live events.
Currie directed and produced the 2004 feature film, One Perfect Day
, for which he was awarded Best Debut Director from the Screen Director’s Association of Australia. He also produced the 1995 Australian action feature film "Under the Gun", and in 1997 co-authored the best selling book, "Heroes: A Guide to Realising Your Dreams" (forwarded by Bryce Courtenay
– author of The Power of One
). Currie directed the acclaimed 2000 documentary "Lionheart - The Jesse Martin Story" and also served as Creative Director for World Reconciliation Day, a live and filmed event that featured Nelson Mandela
and Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter
.
In 2005 Currie was nominated as Australian of the Year for co-founding a charity organization called Reach Youth, which has affected the lives of over 400,000 young Australians.
As the founder of the Elliot Currie Drama Studios in Melbourne, Paul has trained some of Australia's leading performers.
Paul Currie is the Co-Founder and Director of Lightstream Pictures and is currently attached to direct
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
the animated family film, "The Fourth Wise Man" as well as the live action fantasy film "The Moon & The Sun", the screenplay of which is written by James Schamus
James Schamus
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter The Ice Storm and producer Brokeback Mountain, and is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The...
and Barry Berman, and will be produced by Bill Mechanic
Bill Mechanic
Bill Mechanic was chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment from 1994 to 2000. He oversaw all operations of the studio including worldwide feature film production, marketing and distribution activities; as well as all worldwide operations for Fox Video, Fox Interactive,...
. His directorial work spans commercials, feature films and the staging of live events.
Currie directed and produced the 2004 feature film, One Perfect Day
One Perfect Day
One Perfect Day is an Australian film released in 2004.-Plot:The central character of the film is Tommy Matisse; his name combines the title of The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy and the last name of twentieth century French painter Henri Matisse....
, for which he was awarded Best Debut Director from the Screen Director’s Association of Australia. He also produced the 1995 Australian action feature film "Under the Gun", and in 1997 co-authored the best selling book, "Heroes: A Guide to Realising Your Dreams" (forwarded by Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay
Arthur Bryce Courtenay AM is a South-African-born naturalized Australian novelist and one of Australia's most commercially successful authors.-Background and early years:...
– author of The Power of One
The Power of One
The Power of One is a novel by Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989. Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an Anglo-African boy who, through the course of the story, acquires the nickname of Peekay. The Power of One is a novel by Bryce Courtenay, first published...
). Currie directed the acclaimed 2000 documentary "Lionheart - The Jesse Martin Story" and also served as Creative Director for World Reconciliation Day, a live and filmed event that featured Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
and Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter
Rubin Carter
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter fought professionally as a middleweight boxer from 1961 to 1966. In 1966, he was arrested for a triple homicide in the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey...
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In 2005 Currie was nominated as Australian of the Year for co-founding a charity organization called Reach Youth, which has affected the lives of over 400,000 young Australians.
As the founder of the Elliot Currie Drama Studios in Melbourne, Paul has trained some of Australia's leading performers.