Paul Tickell

Paul Tickell

Paul Tickell grew up in Carlisle.  He initially trained for the Catholic priesthood but left the seminary to attend the University of East Anglia followed by Worcester College, Oxford.  Paul worked in music publishing and band management (The Pack, Theatre of Hate etc).  This led him to a career in freelance journalism, writing for Melody Maker, NME, The Face, Time Out and Elle, amongst others.

Paul joined LWT as a researcher and later became a producer/director on South of Watford, the London Programme, Network 7 and the South Bank Show.  From there he moved into his current freelance career, directing  dramas and feature films as well as continuing to make documentaries.
 

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TELEVISION DRAMA (selected)


ACTOR - by Steven Berkoff (Channel 4, 1989)


WEST END GIRLS - by Jonathan Harvey (ITV1, 1993)


A FEW SHORT JOURNEYS - by Andrew Davies, based on his short stories DIRTY FAXES (BBC2, 1994)


DOCUMENTARIES (selected)


THE DAUGHTERS OF EVE - Part 4 of THE BIBLE: A HISTORY (Channel 4, 2010)


GOING POSTAL - A 90-minute film about the phenomenon of school and workplace shootings in the US (BBC2, 2009)


SHAKESPEARE’S TEMPEST - South Bank Show (ITV1, 2009)


THE COLOUR OF MONEY - Part 1 of three-part series RACISM: A HISTORY     (BBC4, 2007)


SAINTS - Arena, about Catholic Saints (BBC4, 2006)


IMAGINE: FRIDA KAHLO - About the Mexican artist (BBC1, 2005)


JOKER RIPPER HUNTER WRITER - The crime fiction of David Peace (Channel 4, 2003)


CONFESSIONS OF A SUNDAY PAINTER - The life and times of Billy Childish (Channel 4, 2002)       


ART OF DARKNESS - Modern Times, about black magic (BBC2, 2001)


THE RENAISSANCE - Parts 1 and 3 of six-part series (BBC2, 1999)


THE LOST BOYS - Modern Times, about the Columbine High School massacre (BBC2, 1999)


A HISTORY OF BRITISH ART - Parts 1 and 6 of six-part series (BBC2, 1996)


JE SUIS UN STAND-UP - Eddie Izzard on tour in Europe and US (BBC2, 1996)


PUNK AND THE PISTOLS - Arena (BBC2, 1995). Also shown as a feature in 2002 (part of the NFT/BFI touring package NEVER MIND THE JUBILEE)


THE RELIQUE - Arena, about religious relics (BBC2, 1994)


MATISSE IN MOROCCO - About the French artist (BBC2, 1992)

CURATOR CURATOR - Shown 2011 at the Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin. Short satirical film with the artist Bruce McLean.


THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT - Developing feature documentary about Malcolm McLaren with writer Fred Vermorel.


KILLER SURREAL - Developing new feature with writer Paul Mayersberg for producer Kees Kasander about a series of unsolved murders in contemporary Trieste.


CHRISTIE MALRY'S OWN DOUBLE-ENTRY - Released 2002, starring Nick Moran and Kate Ashfield. Produced by Kees Kasander, adapted from B.S. Johnson’s novel by Simon Bent. Excellent reviews in Sight & Sound, The Independent, Time Out, Uncut, and the Sunday Times (“If you don’t like this, stop going to the cinema”).


CRUSH PROOF - Released 1999, a feature about a gang of feral Dublin teenagers. Screened at many festivals, including Venice. “It takes the Blarney vision of Ireland and gives it a kick in the cobblers. Champion stuff” (The Sun)


ZINKY BOYS GO UNDERGROUND - Won BAFTA Best Short Film 1995.  Written by Adisadki Tantimedh and screened at many festivals, including Telluride and Cork. It charts the violent disintegration of a gang of Afghan war veterans in St Petersburg.

EARACHE: an Opera Bouffant or How Elvis's Quiff Killed Johnny Ray - Co-writing a work for live performance with artist Bruce Mclean and composer Luke Haines about the deaf American singer Johnny Ray


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MACEDONIA TIMELESS - FOOD - Awarded “Special Recognition” at the 14th International Festival of Tourism and Film 2011