Paul Yates

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Paul Francis Sanchez Yates is an American filmmaker, artist, and musician.

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Yates attended NYU for photography, received a BFA in film from SUNY Purchase in 1993 and received his M.F.A. in directing from AFI Conservatory in 2006. [1]

Yates began working in the film industry at age 9.[ citation needed ] Despite losing his family and becoming homeless at 15, Yates has made music videos or shot footage for Moby, R.E.M., The Dandy Warhols and others such as The Joshua Steeven for their music videos Sexx Joint and Never Known/Bead o Mine. [2] Yates attended NYU for photography, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in film from SUNY Purchase in 1993, and received his MFA in directing from AFI Conservatory in 2006. Yates's films have screened in festivals in Berlin, Havana, Singapore, and Tribeca, among others. Yates was the director of photography on the feature documentary Modulations , which screened at Sundance Film Festival. Yates's first directed feature, Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party was released in 2003. [3] Yates's AFI thesis film Onion Underwater was a 2007 Tribeca Film Festival selection. [4]

His German pop star alter ego Schaumgummi has had several pop hits in Germany.[ citation needed ] Yates was Moby's keyboardist during his live shows during the 1990s. [5] Yates has performed at Woodstock 1999 and the Late Show with David Letterman. He did an extensive shadowing of the writers and director for the TV series Battlestar Galactica . [6] He was also a pilot for the Red Bull Flugtag event in New York City in 2003. [7] [8] Yates is the founder of The International Surrealist Film Festival. [9] [10]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
1987Geranium
1990I Am Curious Onion
1991My Father's Son
1994Space Water Onion
1997The Leaf Blower(underwater photographer and actor)
1998 Modulations
2001 Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party AKA Porno
2006Onion Underwater
2010 The People vs. George Lucas as himself

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  2. ↑ Leahy, Christine (July 2003). "An Interview with Filmmaker Paul Yates". freewilliamsburg.com.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party (2003)". The New York Times . 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Onion Underwater | Tribeca Film Festival". tribecafilm.com. 2014-10-14. Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. ↑ Blecher, Ian (2001-01-07). "Moby's Porno Ahab". The New York Observer . Archived from the original on 2007-10-26.
  6. ↑ {{http://www.battlestarlocations.com/paul-yates.html]]}}
  7. ↑ Lombardi, Kristen (2008-12-01). "Playground Bullies - Special police at Dorchester's Boston Bowl detained and intimidated an artist - even threatened his life. Who's accountable?". bostonphoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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  9. ↑ Rabe, John (2010-03-17). "Come support Surrealist Film at the Downtown Independent Sunday night … and not incidentally watch Rabe's film, "The Vigil."". Southern California Public Radio . Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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