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PaulCampion

  • Director
  • Writer
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English-born Paul Campion first spent time in New Zealand as part of the design and visual effects team on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Since then his effects work has taken him around the world, and he has directed two successful shorts. The Kiwi-made Eel Girl, his second, won awards at a long run of international festivals. In 2011 Campion made his feature debut with Wellington-shot WWII horror movie The Devil’s Rock.

Screenography

2023 Special Effects Supervisor Film
The Naughty List
2016 Director, Writer Short film
2011 Director, Writer Film
Eel Girl
2008 Director, Writer Short film
Night of the Hell Hamsters
2006 Director, Writer Short film

Awards

2009 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
Honourable Mention - Runner-up for Best Short Film: Eel Girl

2009 London Short Film Festival
Nominated for Best of the Festival Award: Eel Girl

“On a feature you have to be able to engage an audience for at least 90 minutes, and suddenly story, plot, character and dialogue becomes exponentially more difficult to deal with at every stage of the process - script, shooting and editing. ”

Paul Campion, on website Raindance, comparing making shorts to features