PAUL MICHAEL BLOODGOOD is a 4x Lone Star EMMY® & CLIO Entertainment Award-winning film and commercial director, SAG-AFTRA stunt performer, and movement specialist. Bloodgood’s 20-year career as a professional ballet dancer presented him the opportunity to perform a myriad of principal roles in theaters worldwide. Growing up on the road across the US and Europe, he is the son of late musician Michael Bloodgood, founder of the platinum-selling band BLOODGOOD. Bloodgood holds a BA in Dance and the Humanities from Saint Edward’s University and is currently earning his MA in Media Producing from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Bloodgood is an AV Awards “AV Freelancer of the Year” finalist and is a guest speaker, including film festivals panels, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Holocaust Museum Houston, university classes and InfoComm in Las Vegas. Bloodgood directed the feature documentary TRENCHES OF ROCK, executive produced by Academy Award®-winner James Moll (FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, 2011). TRENCHES had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival, garnering the attention of 18 festivals worldwide and receiving 14 accolades including multiple “BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY” and “BEST DIRECTOR” awards (Apple TV • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • DirecTV • Blu-ray). Two of Bloodgood’s latest projects, CLIO Entertainment Award and Lone Star EMMY®-winning POE: A TALE OF MADNESS and 4x Telly Award-winning MARIE ANTOINETTE: VAMPIRE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES were filmed on a virtual production soundstage with a 50-foot curved LED screen utilizing groundbreaking technology known as “The Volume” – combining real props with backgrounds built with Unreal Engine. Both projects stand at the precipice of film industry tech seen in big budget productions such as Star Wars’ THE MANDALORIAN and THE BATMAN. In addition to the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards silver trophy, POE has also received Hermes Platinum, Marcom Platinum and Davey Gold awards. Additional virtual production projects include Lone Star EMMY®-winning LOVE’S GENTLE SPRING and ROMEO & JULIET. Bloodgood collaborated with choreographer Stephen Mills on the Lone Star EMMY®-winning haunted dance film, PRELUDES/BEGINNINGS which premiered on Austin PBS to critical acclaim. Bloodgood’s FINDING LIGHT screened its world premiere at the prestigious Miami Jewish Film Festival and is an official selection of 16 film festivals around the globe and the recipient of 14 accolades, including “BEST DOCUMENTARY” awards in Berlin, Rome and Madrid, “BEST HISTORICAL FILM” at Cannes World Film Festival, the “AUDIENCE AWARD” at Film Pittsburgh’s JFilm Festival and a COMMUNITAS AWARD for “Making A Difference in Communities.” In addition to Bloodgood’s feature films, he has over 16 televised commercial credits as director – including Lone Star EMMY®-winner, THE NUTCRACKER: Clara’s Paperdolls and VIDDY Award-winner, CINDERELLA: A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes. Stunt credits include Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Robert Rodriguez’s HYPNOTIC, 20+ episodes of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION and MAFIA WARS. Additional appearances include Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS, Forest Whitaker’s FIRST DAUGHTER, Richard Linklater’s BERNIE and a supporting role with Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs in the Wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag” music video for the feature film LOSER.