Paul Swadel Showcases Professional Accomplishments through Worldwide Branding

    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, January 26, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Paul Swadel, Senior Lecturer in 3D for the Media Design School, and Director/Producer with Supercollider Ltd, has been recognized by Worldwide Branding for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in film production.

Mr. Swadel has nurtured a filmmaking partnership with Director James Cunningham that spans 15 years and four globally successful short films. Their film "Infection" competed at Cannes International Film Festival 2000, Sundance Film Festival 2001 and 20 other international film festivals. Mr. Swadel and Mr. Cunningham have been developing an indie performance capture-driven CGI film "Marshal" with Mark Ordesky, Executive Producer of "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. Their proof of concept short film "Poppy," was shot on the Weta Digital motion capture soundstage. "Poppy" features Matthew Sunderland, Winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2008 NZ Screen Awards. "Poppy" was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles in 2010, and Best in Show at SIGGRAPH Asia in Seoul in 2010. Mr. Swadel has garnered a reputation of distinction and prominence among critics and movie-goers for his direction of cutting edge pieces and abstract work. He has directed a significant number of award-winning art documentaries around the world. These range in subject from Plácido Domingo at The Metropolitan Opera in New York - "The Understudy," to an award winning six-hour series on the history of New Zealand Art - "The Big Picture," presented by Hamish Keith, which garnered three nominations at the 2008 New Zealand Screen Awards, and won Best Series and Best Music Awards.

Mr. Swadel recently filled the role of Development Executive at the New Zealand Film Commission in Wellington, New Zealand. He has recently executive produced a cinema documentary on the 2010-2011 Christchurch Earthquakes "When A City Falls" (in release) which had its international premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2012.

Utilizing his combined 27 years of experience as a writer, director and producer of documentaries, television commercials and feature films, Mr. Swadel shines as a luminary in his field. He continues to nurture a growing skill set by executive producing successful films, television commercials, projects, and music videos. As a television commercial director, he has done award-winning global work for Sony, Nike and PlayStation and had work in the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes.

Mr. Swadel is currently developing six feature films and executive producing $90K shorts, such as "Blue Harvest," with the NZ Film Commission. His teammates in this venture are Steve Barr, a Hollywood script consultant, and Dan Story, an ex- New Zealand Film Commission distribution executive. Together, they have concentrated on high-concept genre films. In 2013, for example, the trio produced "Cradle," a high-concept sci-fi short, written by Hugh Calverly and directed by Damon Duncan, a noted master of 3D productions. In 2014, films that Mr. Swadel intends to produce include "Judgement Tavern," "Feeder," and "Davey Darling."

Mr. Swadel attributes his professional success to his perfectionism and a commitment to always giving 100 percent. He became involved in his profession after earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia from the Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland, where he received First Class Honors. He is a member of the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand. Looking forward to a bright future, Mr. Swadel intends to finish work on five features, and pursue even larger ones.

For more information about Supercollider Ltd., visit http://www.poppyfilm.com/miff/menu.html.

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