Paul hunter bio
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Paul Hunter
Co-Founder/Director
Renowned director and PRETTYBIRD co-founder Paul Hunter has a passion for never-before-told yet relatable and human stories. His work transcends mediums and genres such as music, advertising, comedy, sports and drama. Hunter most recently directed “Vital Signs” for Apple, which stars Dr. Dre, Sam Worthington and Ian McShane, and a short for Tyrese Gibson’s “Shame” produced by Denzel Washington.
Hunter, alongside Kerstin Emhoff, founded PRETTYBIRD in with a shared and distinct vision to connect the worlds of music and film with brands in creating cutting edge content. After graduating with a degree in Radio, TV & Film, Hunter created spec commercials and videos, before landing his first professional gig directing a music video. He quickly defined his distinct brand of visuals and made his mark on the commercial world with his iconic Nike “Freestyle” spot, which earned him numerous awards from AICP, One Show and D&AD. Hunter continued this streak wit
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Paul Hunter is the writer, and is the company, of Would You Bet Against Us?
Paul Hunter is co-founder and Artistic Director of Told by an Idiot. Paul has worked on all Told by an Idiot shows to date as director/writer/performer.
As a performer, Paul has appeared in:
Theatre: La Cage Aux Folle (Park Theatre); Wise Children (Wise Children Old Vic and UK tour); Life of Galileo (Young Vic); The Little Match Girl (Shakespeare’s Globe); Gaslight (Royal and Derngate); Tartuffe (Birmingham Rep); Much Ado About Nothing, The Globe Mysteries, Troilus And Cressida, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare&#;s Globe); Rapunzel and The Red Shoes (Kneehigh); Under The Black Flag (Shakespeare&#;s Globe); The Water Engine (Young Vic/Theatre ); The Play What I Wrote (West End); Oliver Twist and Pinocchio (Lyric Hammersmith); Into Our Dreams (Almeida); the title role in Richard III (English Shakespeare Company); Animal Farm and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night
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