Paul Brady(VII)
- Art Department
- Writer
- Producer
Paul started working in the movie industry in 1998 as a storyboard and
conceptual artist for Mel Gibson's Icon Productions. Over the next few
years he worked steadily developing digital skills in graphic design
working for both the film, and multimedia industries. Skills that would
later become essential tools in the pre-visualization process of film
production. His first production as a director was a short film
'Remembrances of Maire' about the life of his mother who died at a
young age. It was shot on Super-VHS and edited on the AVID editing
system. From 2002-2005 while working for Aigeanta Pictures he wrote,
directed and produced the short film 'Sniper Story' about a sniper
haunted by the memories of the victims he's hired to kill. He also
wrote 'Contact' the short story and film about a little boy who
befriends a drifter on the west coast of California, helping each other
on their journey. When the kid goes missing the drifter finds out he
was the spirit of a kid who died in a motor accident. In 2005 he formed
Little Step Productions. The first production would be Janey Mary. The
heart felt story of a little 4-year-old girl in 1940's Dublin who's
sent out by her desperate mother to beg for food on the streets and the
Church who gave hand outs. It was a very personal story that he studied
as a child growing up, by famous Irish author James Plunkett. The film
had a budget of 100,000 euro and was shot on 35mm Black & White film
stock with Panavision Cameras and Lens. It has since gone on to win 5
top awards including: 'Best Director' - Mirabile Dictu International
Catholic Film Festival 'Best Short Subject' - Hollywood Film Festival -
Discovery Award 'Best Short Film' - Moondance International Film
Festival 'Best Cinematography' - Rhode Island International Film
Festival 'Special Jury Mention Award' - European Independent Film
Festival). Paul has many film projects in the pipeline - including a feature length version of 'Janey Mary'.
In between writing and developing films, Paul has lectured at both 2nd and 3rd level colleges film
and multimedia studies and gave master-classes on film directing. In 2010 he worked with producer Gerry
Gregg (A Love Divided, Gangland) and renowned criminologist and
novelist Paul Williams in developing a hard-hitting feature film
telling the story of a realistic depiction of gangland life told
through the eyes of a young youth pulled into the seedy Dublin
underworld. The project is being written by Paul Williams. Paul has played piano since the age of 7, going on to learn classical piano in
the prestigious College of Music in Dublin, and later on to teach it for 15
years as something he enjoyed. Paul goes between Dublin
and Los Angeles where he's developing a slate of feature film projects.