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English born Paul Hough created and directed the multi-award winning film The Backyard

The Backyard (film)

The Backyard is a backyard wrestling documentary directed, produced and edited by Paul Hough and features former WWE and current TNA professional wrestler Rob Van Dam...

. The Backyard

The Backyard (film)

The Backyard is a backyard wrestling documentary directed, produced and edited by Paul Hough and features former WWE and current TNA professional wrestler Rob Van Dam...

received an original rating of NC-17 from the MPAA. The Backyard was named Dvd Of The Month and received the coveted 4 stars in Maxim Magazine (UK). The Backyard was released in theaters in Germany and also had a limited theatrical run in USA. It was one of the first documentaries ever released onto the Sony Portable Playstation format.

He directed the music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

Enemy for Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho

Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...

's band Fozzy

Fozzy

Fozzy is an American heavy metal/hard rock band, formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1999. Lead singer Chris Jericho , who is also a professional wrestler, resides in Florida, while the rest of the band lives in Georgia. The band is currently signed to Riot! Entertainment...

which was censored on MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

. In 2007/2008 he won multiple film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

s with his action short film The Angel

The Angel (film)

The Angel is a 2007 short sci-fi martial arts horror film directed by Paul Hough starring Eddie McGee, Celine Tien and Thomy Kessler. It was inspired by Eddie McGee, a disabled actor who was trained in wire-work...

. His current project is a sci-fi action feature called The Human Race.

Paul Hough is the son of director John Hough.

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Critics

The Backyard is called "Astounding" by the New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE1D81E39F93AA1575BC0A9659C8B63

The Backyard is called "First-rate" by The Chicago Tribune: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-10-10/entertainment/0310100290_1_howard-zinn-wrestling-presidential-election

The Backyard is called "A fascinating emotional rollercoaster" by Film Threat http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=3008/

The Backyard is not for the squeamish, but for those unafraid to look at what is, perhaps, their own metaphorical "backyard," for those willing to stare into the long, dark night of the contemporary American soul, its bone-crunching message is worth hearing" - Washington Post http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-307700.html?key=01-42161A527E1B146E140A0253573044383E4E1A57253A3D0E730E0A60651A607F137119731B37

The Backyard review in TV Guide http://movies.tvguide.com/backyard/review/136999

Awards and nominations

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Organization
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
|-
|rowspan="7"|2007
|Best Short Film
|London Sci-Fi Film Festival
|The Angel
|Best Short
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Festival Prize
|Long Island International Film Expo
|The Angel
|Best Short
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Jury Award
|Long Island International Film Expo
|The Angel
|Best Short
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Best Short Film
|Fant-Asia Film Festival
|The Angel
|Short Film
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Jury Award
|Newport Beach Film Festival
|The Angel
|Short Film
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|10 Degrees Hotter Award
|Valley Film Festival
|The Angel
| Short Film, Jury Award
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Best Short
|California Film Festival
|The Angel
|Short Film
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|2003
|Audience Award
|Brooklyn International Film Festival
|The Backyard
|Best Documentary
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|rowspan="4"|2002
|Festival Prize
|Los Angeles Silver Lake Film Festival
|The Backyard
|Best Picture
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Jury Award
|Sonoma Valley Film Festival
|The Backyard
|Best Lounge Film
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Director's Choice
|Texas Film Festival
|The Backyard
|Best Film
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-
|Critic's Choice
|Edinburgh International Film Festival
|The Backyard
|Best Film
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won
|-

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