Paul studied film at the Metropolitan University of London. Upon graduating, he moved to New York where he worked as an editor for an independent film production company. He won Best Editing award from the Los Angeles Short Film Festival for their project ‘The Restaurant’. He later moved on to working in production on several indie films in New York. During this time he directed the award-winning short film ‘The Other Soldier’ which received the awards for Best Short Film at the International Marbella Film Festival and Best Narrative Short Feature, Best Cinematography and Best Editing at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival.