Paul Spurrier

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. He also appeared in "Der schwarze Bumerang" – a little 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,^[1] 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 of 'The Edge of Empire' – an epic historical drama about the birth of the Thai nation. In 2009, he was Director of Photography of 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 has been the International Administration Director of the Bangkok International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

• The Wild Geese (1978)
• King of the Wind (1989)

References

External links

• Paul Spurrier at the Internet Movie Database
• Short biography, from the website of the film 'P'
• Interview with Paul Spurrier, Eat My Brains, 11 August 2005
• Official site of 'P'