Paul V. Grant
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
After a decade of trying to swimming upstream from the creative
backwaters of producing local advertising, independent films and
social-marketing campaigns throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, writer,
producer, director and illustrator, Paul V. Grant finally got his
chance to shine in the national spotlight as a winner of the 2004 Black
Entertainment Television, Black AIDS Short-Subject Film Competition
(BASS/RIU). This $25,000 production grant and national cable television
broadcast allowed his many talents to be placed on full-display as
co-writer, producer and director of the award-winning documentary-film
`Tangy's Song!,' which tells the triumphant life story of Tangy Major,
a gospel singer living with HIV.
Born October 10, 1974, in Columbia, South Carolina, Paul V. Grant began his professional career during the early-1990s as a photojournalist, after studying filmmaking and photography at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Visual Arts in Richmond, Virginia. He eventually landed a position working as a production assistant at New Millennium Studios, Virginia's first full-service production studio, located outside of Richmond, Virginia, founded by veteran actor, producers, husband-wife team, Tim & Daphne Reid. There he found himself closer to the fulfilling his dreams of being a 'professional filmmaker' working on such noted film productions as the independent thriller Asunder and the first season of the critically-acclaimed Showtime Television series Linc's.
Throughout the 1990s, Grant continued to earn his stripes writing, producing, independent short-films and local television projects, while honing his crafts as a freelance commercial photographer, illustrator and storyboard artist. He relocated to Washington, D.C., where he carved a living for himself penning radio and print public services announcements for social marketing campaigns.
Most recently, in 2005, he served as unit production manager of the one-hour original dramatic film `Multitude of Mercies,' which premiered on B.E.T in December 2005.
He is currently a resident of Washington, D.C., and producing the feature-length documentary film `The Masters of Ceremony' which chronicles the 60 year history of African-American radio announcers, and their influence on American popular culture after World War II.
Born October 10, 1974, in Columbia, South Carolina, Paul V. Grant began his professional career during the early-1990s as a photojournalist, after studying filmmaking and photography at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Visual Arts in Richmond, Virginia. He eventually landed a position working as a production assistant at New Millennium Studios, Virginia's first full-service production studio, located outside of Richmond, Virginia, founded by veteran actor, producers, husband-wife team, Tim & Daphne Reid. There he found himself closer to the fulfilling his dreams of being a 'professional filmmaker' working on such noted film productions as the independent thriller Asunder and the first season of the critically-acclaimed Showtime Television series Linc's.
Throughout the 1990s, Grant continued to earn his stripes writing, producing, independent short-films and local television projects, while honing his crafts as a freelance commercial photographer, illustrator and storyboard artist. He relocated to Washington, D.C., where he carved a living for himself penning radio and print public services announcements for social marketing campaigns.
Most recently, in 2005, he served as unit production manager of the one-hour original dramatic film `Multitude of Mercies,' which premiered on B.E.T in December 2005.
He is currently a resident of Washington, D.C., and producing the feature-length documentary film `The Masters of Ceremony' which chronicles the 60 year history of African-American radio announcers, and their influence on American popular culture after World War II.
