Paul Yates

Paul Yates is an American filmmaker, artist, and musician.

Life

Yates attended NYU for photography, received a BFA in film from SUNY Purchase in 1993 and received his M.F.A. in directing from AFI Conservatory in 2006.

Work

Yates has made music videos or shot footage for Moby, R.E.M., The Dandy Warhols and others. He has had films in festivals all over the world from Berlin to Havana, Singapore to Tribeca. Yates was the DP on the feature documentary Modulations which was a Sundance Film Festival hit. Yates's first directed feature, Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party (executive produced by Moby) was released in 2003.[1] His AFI Thesis film Onion Underwater was a 2007 Tribeca Film Festival selection.[2] Yates's German pop star alter ego Schaumgummi has had several pop hits in Germany.

Yates was Moby's keyboardist during his live shows during the 1990s.[3] Yates has performed at Woodstock 1999[4] and the Late Show with David Letterman.

He is also a photobooth artist.[5][6] He founded the International Surrealist Film Festival in Stamford, CT in 1990.

Filmography

Year Title Notes
1987 Geranium[7]
1990–2012 Moon Men Onion (unfinished)
1990 I Am Curious Onion
1991 My Father's Son
1994 Space Water Onion[8]
1997 The Leaf Blower (underwater photographer and actor)
1998 Modulations
2003 Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party AKA Porno
2006 Onion Underwater
2010 The People vs. George Lucas as himself

Television series

Willy Nilly

References

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