ABOUT PAUL HARRILL
Paul Harrill’s films have screened around the world at festivals (Sundance, Rotterdam, Edinburgh, Sydney, Clermont-Ferrand, etc.), museums (MoMA, ICA London, Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art, etc.), and on curated streaming platforms (Netflix, Mubi) and television.
Light From Light, Harrill’s latest feature, stars Marin Ireland and Jim Gaffigan. Upon its premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival it was called “a remarkable achievement” (C. Mason Wells, Film Comment), “transfixing” (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter), and “a gem” (Elizabeth Weitzman, The Wrap). The film is produced by Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Sailor Bear (The Green Knight), Ten Acre Films (Sorry to Bother You), and Ley Line Entertainment (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Light From Light was released by Grasshopper Film to theaters, where it earned a “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Harrill’s debut feature Something, Anything was named a New York Times Critics’ Pick, earned an “Essential Viewing” tag from The Dissolve, and was called a work of “simple, unforgettable beauty” on RogerEbert.com. His short films include Gina, An Actress, Age 29, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and Quick Feet, Soft Hands, a co-production with the Independent Television Service starring Greta Gerwig.
His work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, IFP/The Gotham, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Aperture Film Grant, among others. He was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”
Paul is represented by Creative Artists Agency and Echo Lake Management.
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
Film Comment: Interview with C. Mason Wells
RogerEbert.com: Interview with Michał Oleszczyk
Filmmaker Magazine: Interview by Graham Carter.
Mubi / The Notebook: Something, Anything: A Conversation with Paul Harrill by Darren Hughes
The Dissolve: Knoxville-based director Paul Harrill talks about the regional spirit that infuses Something, Anything by Scott Tobias