Steven Paul

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Steven Paul
Born (1959-05-16) May 16, 1959 (age 64)
Occupation(s)Film producer, talent manager, screenwriter, director, actor
Title Chief executive officer of Crystal Sky Pictures
Website www.crystalsky.com/about

Steven Paul (born May 16, 1959) is an American independent filmmaker, actor, and talent manager. He is the chairman, founder and CEO of Crystal Sky Pictures.

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Life and career

Paul was born in New York City. His mother, Dorothy Koster Paul, was a casting director, and his father was in the investment business. He began his career as a child actor at the age of 7, and began writing plays when he was 12. [1] At the age of 21 years old, he was the youngest person to ever direct a major studio film with his directorial debut Falling in Love Again, which he also co-wrote and produced.

Paul's producing credits include Never Too Young to Die, The Musketeer, Ghost Rider, Bratz: The Movie, Doomsday, Tekken, Ghost in the Shell, Rambo: Last Blood, and the Baby Geniuses series. He is also actor Jon Voight's manager, and previously managed Gene Wilder, Michael Cimino, and Bob Clark. He originally set up Paul Entertainment in the early 1980s, teaming up with actress Bo Derek in 1987 to sell the unreleased feature film A Knight of Love. [2]

In 2000, MM Media and Crystal Sky had a 12-picture co-financing deal. [3]

In January 2017, Paul purchased the distribution company Echo Bridge. [4]

Filmography

Film

Writer/Producer

YearTitleProducerWriterOtherDirector
1980 Falling in Love Again YesYesNoHimself
1982 Slapstick of Another Kind YesYesNo
1986 Never Too Young to Die YesYesNoGil Bettman
1990 Eternity YesYesNoHimself
1992 The Double 0 Kid YesStoryNo Dee McLachlan
1995HourglassYesStoryNo C. Thomas Howell
1997The ProtectorYesStoryNoJack Gill
1999 Baby Geniuses YesStoryYes [5] Bob Clark
1999A Dog of FlandersExecutiveNoYes [6] Kevin Brodie
2004 Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 YesStoryYes [5] [6] Bob Clark
2009 Opposite Day YesStoryYes [5] R. Michael Givens
2012 Chilly Christmas YesNoYes [5] Gregory Poppen
2013Baby Geniuses: Baby Squad InvestigatorsYesYesYes [5] [6] Sean McNamara
Dracula: The Dark Prince YesYesYes [5] [6] Pearry Teo
2014Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of EgyptYesYesYes [5] [6] Sean McNamara
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge YesYesYes [6] Wych Kaosayananda
A Magic ChristmasExecutiveNoYes [5] [6] R. Michael Givens
2015A Christmas Eve MiracleYesStoryYes [5] [6]
Baby Geniuses and the Space BabyYesYesYes [5] [6] Sean McNamara
2016 JL Ranch YesStoryNo Charles Robert Carner
2018 Surviving the Wild YesStoryYes [5] Patrick Alessandrin
Orphan HorseYesStoryNoSean McNamara
The Ghost BeyondYesStoryNoR. Michael Givens
2020JL Family Ranch 2YesStoryNoSean McNamara

Producer only

YearTitleDirector
1987EmanonStuart Paul
1990Fate
1993Bitter Harvest Duane Clark
1994Huck and the King of HeartsMichael Keusch
Hail Caesar Anthony Michael Hall
A Million to Juan Paul Rodriguez
1995 Charlie's Ghost Story Anthony Edwards
1996 Exit in Red Yurek Bogayevicz
1997BombshellPaul Wynne
1998The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adam Weissman
1999 The Prince and the Surfer Arye Gross
2000 The Million Dollar Kid Neil Mandt
2006The Legend of Simon ConjurerStuart Paul
2007 Ghost Rider Mark Steven Johnson
Bratz: The Movie Sean McNamara
2008 Doomsday Neil Marshall
2010 Tekken Dwight H. Little
2011 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor
2012Beyond Josef Rusnak
2013 Robosapien: Rebooted Sean McNamara
2014The Final SongStuart Paul
2017 Ghost in the Shell Rupert Sanders
2018Reverse HeavenStuart Paul
2019Dr. Jekyll Better Hide
2024 The Painter Kimani Ray Smith

Executive producer

YearTitleDirector
1993Deadly ExposureLawrence Mortorff
1994Confessions of a HitmanLarry Leahy
1995The WhisperingGregory Gieras
2000Little Insects
2001 The Musketeer Peter Hyams
2002 Julie Walking Home Agnieszka Holland
2006BrokenSimon Boyes
Adam Mason
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island Gavin Scott
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island Michael Hurst
2007 The Devil's Chair Adam Mason
Big Stan Rob Schneider
2011 Down the Shore Harold Guskin
Pizza ManJoe Eckardt
2012The Forger Lawrence Roeck
2014 Wolves David Hayter
2016Amazing ApeJuliano Brotman
MadtownCharles Moore
Smoking Guns Savvas Michael
AmStarDamLee and Wayne Lennox
DwellingKyle Mecca
2017Security Alain DesRochers
Pottersville Seth Henrikson
2019Red DevilSavvas D. Michael
2020Tribal Get Out AliveMatt Routledge

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Happy Birthday, Wanda June Paul Ryan
1980 Falling in Love Again Stan the Con (1940's)
1982 Slapstick of Another Kind Air Force One 'Ensign'
1987EmanonTV Director
1990 Eternity Stage Manager
1992 The Double 0 Kid Room Service Bellman
2000 The Million Dollar Kid TV Anchor
2003 Urusei Yatsura: Only You Chibi (voice)English-language version
Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love
2004Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever
Urusei Yatsura: The Final ChapterAdditional voices
2005Urusei Yatsura: Always My DarlingChibi (voice)
2009 Opposite Day Charles Tormell
2015A Christmas Eve MiracleMr. Ralph
2016 JL Ranch Man in Black Suit
2018The Ghost BeyondBenjamin
2020JL Family Ranch 2Todd

Television

Writer/Producer

YearTitleProducerWriterOtherDirector(s)Notes
1987Mike's Talent ShowExecutiveNoNoJay DubinTelevision films
1992IllusionsYesNoNoVictor Kulle
1995The Tin SoldierYesNoNo Jon Voight and Gregory Gieras
1999 Murder in a Small Town YesNoNoJoyce Chopra
Boys Will Be BoysYesNoNo Dom DeLuise
Arthur's QuestYesNoNoNeil Mandt
The Lady in QuestionYesNoNoJoyce Chopra
Noah's ArkNoNoYes [6] John Irvin 2 episodes
2000The Princess & the Barrio BoyYesStoryNo Tony Plana Television films
2002 Project Viper ExecutiveNoNo Jim Wynorski
ChromiumBlue.comExecutiveNoNo Zalman King and Scott Sampler13 episodes
2005 The Karate Dog YesYesYes [5] [6] Bob ClarkTelevision film
2011A Christmas WishExecutiveNoNo Craig Clyde Television film
2013-2015Baby Geniuses Television SeriesYesYesNoSean McNamara7 episodes
2019Roseanne Barr & Rabbi Shmuley ShowYesNoNoTelevision special

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 The Secrets of Isis Kevin McCauleyEpisode: ''Rockhound's Roost''
1995The Tin SoldierNewscasterTelevision film

Personal life

Paul has two siblings, Stuart Paul (an actor and director) and Bonnie Paul (an actress). His niece is actress Skyler Shaye.

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References

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  2. "Bo Derek To Flog Film With Paul Entertainment; Voight Now Shareholder". Variety . 1987-02-25. p. 106.
  3. Goldsmith, Jill (2000-05-15). "MM Media, Crystal form credit union". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. "Producer Steven Paul Buys Distributor Echo Bridge".
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