This website contains information about the work of filmmaker Paul Harrill. Paul’s short films include Gina, An Actress, Age 29, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking, and Quick Feet, Soft Hands, a co-production with the Independent Television Service. He is the producer and co-cinematographer of the forthcoming documentary For Memories’ Sake, directed by Ashley Maynor.

Paul’s films have screened around the world at festivals (Sundance, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, Sydney, Nashville, etc.), museums (the Museum of Modern Art, ICA London, Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art, etc.), and on television. His work has been supported by the Aperture Film Grant, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Paul lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia and has taught at Virginia Tech since August 2006. Self-Reliant Film, Paul’s weblog, champions small-crew, do-it-yourself, regional filmmaking.

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