Biography

As a young teen in the UK, Paul was culturally-colonized by Marvel Comics and grew up with one ambition: to draw Spider-Man! He had no clue how to do this as he didn't have any media connections (although his dad DID offer to get him a job with British Gas) but while at university he self-published his own 'graphic novel' and sent a copy to the president of the Society of Strip Illustrators, David Lloyd, who wrote back and told Paul that his drawing was well-dodgy -- but his writing was quite promising.

Taking the hint, Paul switched to writing scripts for comics and started selling Sci-Fi/fantasy stories to publisher D.C Thomson and Co in Dundee. Aged 21 he also started writing his first TV play, 'Watching' which ended up being made and broadcast by the BBC.

After spending months writing another play only to discover he couldn't sell it (cos it was terrible), he diversified into short-form comedy writing for both BBC Radio and Television, first with 'Carrott Confidential' and then a stream of other programs. But he missed writing stories and so co-wrote, helped crowd-source the budget for and co-produced his first feature film, 'Staggered' (https://youtu.be/YqY6dpn-HFA) which opened at number 3 at the UK Box Office.

This helped him move into narrative comedy writing for various sitcoms and children's shows, notably 'Red Dwarf', 'My Hero' and 'My Parents Are Aliens', as well as various shows for pop group S-Club 7 including their only feature film, 'Seeing Double'.

Over time, Paul has turned his hand to most forms of writing for the screen - movies, sitcom, drama, soap, game shows, reality shows, awards shows and talk shows. He has also written for the stage - he did gags for Ian McKellen's Widow Twankey in 'Aladdin' at the Old Vic in 2006 and co-authored the book for a musical adaptation of the Peter Sellers movie 'The Smallest Show on Earth' which toured the UK at the end of 2015.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dirk Bannon