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Paul Fedor is an American music video director and visual effects designer. [1]

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Fedor studied illustration at the Parsons School of Design and has been a part of the computer graphics industry since 1994. He directed music videos and commercials. [2] [3]

He is the founder of the production company Natural Selection.

He has authored one book, Essence: The Face by Ballistic Publishing. The Face' was the first book on modern texturing and look development of CG Humans and Digi-Doubles for Video Games, TV, and Film.

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