Paul Van Carter

Paul Van Carter (born 15 November 1976) is an award-winning British film producer, novelist, and screenwriter.[1]

As a producer, his most recent films include the Winston Churchill biopic Churchill[2] set in the hours preceding D-Day 1944 which stars Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, and John Slattery; the biopic of bare-knuckle boxer Lenny McLean entitled My Name is Lenny[3] which stars Josh Helman, Michael Bisping, and was the last film of actor Sir John Hurt; and the documentary about footballer Paul Gascoigne's life Gascoigne.[4] As a screenwriter his credits include the prison drama Offender, the action film Shank, and the documentary The Guv'nor, which he also directed.[5] As novelist his history of twentieth century painting Oil on Canvas, was published in 2011.

He is the co-founder of the London-based film production company Salon Pictures,[6][7] whose other slated projects include a documentary directed by Rob Ryan entitled Breaking Habits, about the Sisters of The Valley, a commune of nuns in California who grow marijuana for medicinal purposes,[8], and the biographical film McQueen about fashion designer Alexander McQueen distributed by Lionsgate and Bleecker Street[9].

He was raised in Letchworth Garden City and is married to Kristina Van Carter.[10]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Van Carter". IMDb.
  2. ↑ "Shooting Commences on Teplitzky's Churchill, starring Brian Cox - Creative Scotland". www.creativescotland.com.
  3. ↑ Film, British Council. "British Council Film: My Name is Lenny". film.britishcouncil.org.
  4. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (19 December 2014). "eOne Grabs U.K. Rights to Paul Gascoigne Film (EXCLUSIVE)".
  5. ↑ "The Guv'nor".
  6. ↑ "Nick Taussig, Paul Van Carter set up UK production company".
  7. ↑ Wilson, Kate. "Salon Pictures Announces Slate of Women Directed Films - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com.
  8. ↑ "Salon Pictures plots documentary about cannabis farm run by nuns".
  9. ↑ https://variety.com/2017/film/news/alexander-mcqueen-documentary-bleecker-street-1202457106/
  10. ↑ "Paul Van Carter". IMDb.


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