Director

Paul Mackman

Visual Effects

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1410682

IMDb ID: nm1353698

Known for: Visual Effects

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2004 - 2026

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 6.99

Also known as

Murray Saffron • Mackman

Frequent jobs

Head of Production (5)General Manager (3)Visual Effects Producer (2)Animation Coordinator (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Paul's career spans film, TV, video games, animation, VFX and more. He's worked alongside Disney, Pixar, Marvel, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Amazon MGM, Paramount, Netflix, BBC Studios, Channel 4, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and LucasArts. He's worked with intellectual property that includes Star Wars, Alien(s), Predator, Dr. Who, Judge Dredd, Love Death & Robots, Horizon: Zero Dawn. Magic: The Gathering, League of Legends and Halo. Starting out as a creative, he's since specialized in leadership roles as MD, COO, General Manager and Head of Production. His first love is cinematic storytelling but career-wise it's been technology all the way in some form. However for Paul it's not about the tech, it's all about the people you work with along the way. He's as happy talking to clients and running shows as steering organizations. As far as Paul sees it you can't step too far away from the work in this business otherwise you forget why you're here.