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Paul Spurrier
British film director

Paul Spurrier

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British film director
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom
Age
57 years
Education
University of Southern California
Norwich School
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Biography

Paul Spurrier (born 23 May 1967 Suffolk) is a British former child actor on stage, television, and film, and a screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than thirty different roles, with credits including Anna Karenina and The Lost Boys for the BBC, Tales of the Unexpected for Anglia Television, and the feature film The Wild Geese as Richard Harris's son Emile. He also appeared in Der schwarze Bumerang [de] – an Australian/German TV-Serial in 4 parts in 1982. Here he played the role of the 15-year-old boy, had adventures in Australian outbacks with some aborigines.

Education

Spurrier was educated at Norwich School, an independent school in the city of Norwich in East Anglia, followed by the University of Southern California and the London International Film School.

Life and career

Spurrier worked for the Ministry of Defence in Great Britain and for such companies as Avid, 3Com, and Cisco before writing and directing feature films including Live on Arrival, Underground (1998), and P (2005). The latter was made in the Thai language in Thailand, where Spurrier has now settled. In 2007, Spurrier was director of photography for The Edge of Empire—an epic historical drama about the birth of the Thai nation. In 2009, he was director of photography for 60 episodes of a Thai television series Nak Su Nork Sang Wian, the first time a Westerner had performed this task. In 2008 and 2009, Spurrier was the international administration director of the Bangkok International Film Festival. In 2015 he directed the Thai feature film, The Forest.

Selected filmography

  • The Wild Geese (1978)
  • Lady Oscar (1979)
  • Der schwarze Bumerang [de] (1982, TV miniseries)
  • King of the Wind (1989)
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