Paul W. Franklin
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Paul is a Kentish Man (not a Man of Kent), who now lives in Oxford, UK.
He was educated at Dover College Prep School, Folkestone, before moving to Milner Court and then The King's School Canterbury.
Academically he was always strong, but couldn't really be bothered with A-Levels. He snuck into The University of Nottingham to study manufacturing engineering, but quit just after a year. He switched to Business Studies at Nottingham Trent, but soon packed that in and gave up on academia completely to pursue a career writing films. His parents were delighted.
He fell into gardening for a few years, before flying to Australia, where he spent most of the time in Sydney and worked in a sex shop called 'The Pleasure Chest'. Whilst attempting to write film scripts he also had some Erotica published, which is regarded as "Way better than anything EL James wrote".
After returning from Down Under, he eventually moved to London where he soon found a 'proper job' in Press Cuttings, but got fired after a year. This pattern continued in his next job - a photographer for an estate agent - which he also left just after a year.
He dabbled in the world of Film Extras, and consequently wrote a popular blog on the topic for cult website bleedingcool (which you can read on his website).
In 2012 he finally pulled his finger out and made some films, and in 2013 won an award and much acclaim for an online advert for PlayStation. He followed this up with his directorial debut for Shell, which had millions of views worldwide, and went on to make numerous commercials for brands such as Chevrolet, Castrol and Shell. He also made a handful of music videos.
His 2021 short horror 'Viola' was selected for numerous festivals, winning several accolades including Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Around that time he also wrote/directed a few films for Scott Jeffries (of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey fame). Paul would like to point out that these films were made for about £5k each, and he was forced to write to a ridiculous premise with very little time [3-4 weeks]. These should therefore not be seen as a reflection of how well he can write. He'd also like to point out that Scott never fed any of the cast/crew on any of those productions.
Outside of movies he enjoys rugby, travel and correcting people's grammar. He played a 'Deatheater' in the final Harry Potter film, and as a choirboy he once sang to the Pope.
He was educated at Dover College Prep School, Folkestone, before moving to Milner Court and then The King's School Canterbury.
Academically he was always strong, but couldn't really be bothered with A-Levels. He snuck into The University of Nottingham to study manufacturing engineering, but quit just after a year. He switched to Business Studies at Nottingham Trent, but soon packed that in and gave up on academia completely to pursue a career writing films. His parents were delighted.
He fell into gardening for a few years, before flying to Australia, where he spent most of the time in Sydney and worked in a sex shop called 'The Pleasure Chest'. Whilst attempting to write film scripts he also had some Erotica published, which is regarded as "Way better than anything EL James wrote".
After returning from Down Under, he eventually moved to London where he soon found a 'proper job' in Press Cuttings, but got fired after a year. This pattern continued in his next job - a photographer for an estate agent - which he also left just after a year.
He dabbled in the world of Film Extras, and consequently wrote a popular blog on the topic for cult website bleedingcool (which you can read on his website).
In 2012 he finally pulled his finger out and made some films, and in 2013 won an award and much acclaim for an online advert for PlayStation. He followed this up with his directorial debut for Shell, which had millions of views worldwide, and went on to make numerous commercials for brands such as Chevrolet, Castrol and Shell. He also made a handful of music videos.
His 2021 short horror 'Viola' was selected for numerous festivals, winning several accolades including Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Around that time he also wrote/directed a few films for Scott Jeffries (of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey fame). Paul would like to point out that these films were made for about £5k each, and he was forced to write to a ridiculous premise with very little time [3-4 weeks]. These should therefore not be seen as a reflection of how well he can write. He'd also like to point out that Scott never fed any of the cast/crew on any of those productions.
Outside of movies he enjoys rugby, travel and correcting people's grammar. He played a 'Deatheater' in the final Harry Potter film, and as a choirboy he once sang to the Pope.
