Paul Webster
Freelance
Writer. Director. Producer
paulwebster87@gmail.com
SHOWREEL
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
“Canine” - Trailer
The life of an elite tracking dog as he is trained in Ireland then deployed to protect black rhino from ruthless poachers in Africa.
“Canine” is currently being developed into a feature film
“Canine” the short film won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Cork International Film Festival 2023.
TV DOCUMENTARY WORK
“Brisk and Absorbing… There was so much in writer/director Paul Webster’s excellent film that it could easily have been expanded into a six-part series.”
The Irish Independent
PROJECT: “100 Years of Housing”
FORMAT: TVC Documentary
CLIENT: TG4
DIRECTOR: Paul Webster
An Cuan - Episode 4 - “Winter”
PROJECT: “An Cuan”
FORMAT: TVC Documentary
CLIENT: TG4
PRODUCTION: Oddboy Media
DIRECTOR: Paul Webster
An Cuan Episode 1 - “Spring”
“The series features stunning footage from land, sea and air, all to a stirring soundtrack. You’ll never look at Dublin Bay the same way after this.”
The Irish Times
PROJECT: “Finné”
FORMAT: TVC Documentary
CLIENT: TG4
PRODUCTION: Oddboy Media
DIRECTOR: Paul Webster
S03 E01 - Dr. Andrew Rynne
“Promo for one-hour episode of the award-winning series Finné.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY WORK
PROJECT: “The Vasectomy Doctor”
FORMAT: Mini-Documentary
LENGTH: 11 Minutes
PRODUCER: Ronan Cassidy
DIRECTOR: Paul Webster
Dr. Andrew Rynne, known as Ireland's first vasectomist, became famous when a man walked into his surgery with a rifle.
PROJECT: “Let Those Blues In”
FORMAT: Mini-Documentary
LENGTH: 10 Minutes
PRODUCER: Shay Casserley
DIRECTOR: Paul Webster
A portrait of Paddy Smith, one of Ireland's best blues harmonica players, who after a stint in Chicago's Cook County Prison, used his passion for music to conquer his demons.
Winner of Best Short Documentary in association with RTE at The Sky Road Film Festival, Clifden, Co. Galway - October 2015.
Galway Film Fleadh 2015
Sky Road Film Festival 2015
The Charlie Chaplin Film Festival, Kerry 2015
The London Irish Film Festival 2016
The Boston Irish Film Festival 2016
The Chicago Irish Film Festival 2016
Craic Fest Film Festival, New York 2016
LINE PRODUCER WORK
PROJECT: “100 Years Of Ulysses”
FORMAT: TVC Documentary
PRODUCTION: RTE/Arte France
LINE PRODUCER: Paul Webstar
DIRECTOR: Ruán Magan
In 2021, I worked as a Line Producer on this one-hour documentary marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses. The film explores the creation and legacy of Joyce's masterpiece. It premiered on RTE in February 2022.
Paul Webster
Paul Webster is an Irish documentary filmmaker driven to make entertaining, fun, and touching films about real people that connect with audiences in a meaningful way.
To date, he has made successful shorts and TV projects that explore such subjects as Ireland's first vasectomy doctor and his fight to have condoms legalised in the 1980s, the relationship between music and recovery, Irish Traveller culture, and the refugee crisis in Lesvos, Greece.
Paul recently finished a TV feature documentary on the housing crisis in Ireland and his short film Canine won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at The Cork International Film Festival. Paul is developing this project into a feature film along with a number of exciting new documentaries and series.
Feel welcome to reach out to me at paulwebster87@gmail.com
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