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- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Paul Michael Bloodgood is a 2x Lone Star EMMY®-winning filmmaker, stunt performer, and movement specialist. Bloodgood's 20-year career as a professional ballet dancer presented him the opportunity to perform a myriad of principal roles in theaters worldwide. Growing up on the road across the United States and Europe, he is the son of late musician Michael Bloodgood, founder of the platinum-selling band BLOODGOOD.
Bloodgood holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and the Humanities from St. Edward's University. He trained in Tukong Moosul martial arts and fight choreography under Grandmaster Wonik Yi ("Sin City," 2005). Stunt credits include Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" (2023) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, Robert Rodriguez's "Hypnotic" (2023) starring Ben Affleck, 20+ episodes of "Fear the Walking Dead" (2015-2023), "Leverage: Redemption" (2021-) starring Noah Wyle, and "Deep Six" (2023) starring Tom Welling. Additional appearances include Michael Bay's "Transformers" (2007), Forest Whitaker's "First Daughter" (2004) starring Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton, Richard Linklater's "Bernie" (2011) starring Jack Black, and a supporting role with Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs in the Wheatus "Teenage Dirtbag" music video for the feature film "Loser" (2000).
Behind the camera, Bloodgood directed the feature documentary "Trenches of Rock" (2019), executive produced by Academy Award®-winner James Moll ("Foo Fighters: Back and Forth," 2011). "Trenches" had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival, garnering the attention of 18 festivals worldwide and receiving 14 accolades including multiple "Best Feature Documentary" and "Best Director" awards (available on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, DirecTV, Blu-ray, and DVD).
Bloodgood collaborated with choreographer Stephen Mills on the Lone Star EMMY®-winning haunted dance film, "Preludes/Beginnings" (2021) which premiered on Austin PBS to critical acclaim. Bloodgood's "Finding Light" (2024) had its world premiere at the prestigious Miami Jewish Film Festival and is an official selection of 13 film festivals around the globe and recipient of 9 accolades, including "Best Documentary" awards in Berlin, Rome and Madrid, "Best Historical Film" at Cannes World Film Festival, and the "Audience Award" at Film Pittsburgh's JFilm Festival. In addition to Bloodgood's feature films, he has over a dozen televised commercial credits as director, including the Lone Star EMMY®-winning "The Nutcracker: Clara's Paperdolls."
A trained vocalist, Bloodgood toured Europe with the award-winning Columbia Boys Choir in his youth. He is the lead singer, songwriter, and drummer for Floating Pockets whose song "Adore" climbed the charts to #3 on MP3.com and debut album was selected by Pandora Radio (also available on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music).
Featured in NY Times, LA Times, Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, and a 4-time Austin Critics Table Awards recipient, Bloodgood's decades of experience as a professional dancer and creature performer have opened opportunities for him to work in the industry as a movement specialist and dance coach on projects such as ABC Family's "The Lying Game" (2011). He performed alongside Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy as "Fairground Boy" in an Actor's Equity concert presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" at the historic Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. As a dancer, his principal role credits include "Hamlet," "Romeo & Juliet," "Giselle," "Swan Lake," "La Sylphide," "The Sleeping Beauty," "The Firebird," "Coppélia," "Agon," "Allegro Brillante," "Light / the Holocaust & Humanity Project," as well as originating "Beast" in Stephen Mills' "Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast."
Bloodgood credits his extensive background in film, music, and dance for his unique approach to creative storytelling.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Paul Michael Bloodgood's Publicist
- SpouseAnne Marie Bloodgood(June 26, 2004 - present)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Paul Michael Bloodgood was the recipient of 2 EMMY® Awards (Lone Star Chapter) as Director / Producer / Editor: "Preludes/Beginnings" (2021) and "The Nutcracker: Clara's Paperdolls" (2023).
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