Paul Pickman
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Paul Pickman (born February 4, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, newspaper publisher and columnist, founder of the Russian newspaper Cascade stylized as Kackad.
Early life
Pickman graduated in 1981 from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography film school in Moscow, with a degree in journalism and art of film directing. He was from Minsk, Belarus. His father, Israel Pickman was a Soviet filmmaker and a graduate of the same film school. His mother was Mera Volchenok, a chemical engineer.
Career
Pickman came to public prominence in Belarus in the 1980s, joining his father in Belarus film studios where he had interned since high school. Pickman left the Soviet Union for the United States in 1989.
In America, Pickman reinvented himself, meeting his second wife, Nelly, in 1994. Pickman embarked on a new project as a scriptwriter, film director and producer with his friend Avi Abramov as director of photography. They created an international documentary called Peace Sounds Sweet. Released in 1995, the movie was well-received and won an award at the Philadelphia International Film Festival. Shortly after, Pickman and his wife decided to launch Baltimore's Kackad Russian Newspaper in June 1995. Pickman serves as the newspaper publisher and columnist.
1980s
- 1987 - Prize and diploma from All Byelorussian Festival of Young Cinematographers, Minsk, USSR, for documentary, Long Live the Wind
- 1988 - First prize and Diploma from "National Festival of Advertisements", Kishinev, USSR, for films, Save the Bread, Old man, Old Woman and Kilowatt
- 1989 - TV shows for National Broadcasting, Moscow, USSR, for These Non-Understandable Old Men, House at the Road.
- 1988-89 - Vice President, Young Cinematographer's Union, Minsk, USSR, 1988-1989
1990s
- 1994 - Development Stages of Several film projects with McDonagh-Davis Newborn A Quante Associates including Telly Award-winner The Loneliest Journey, camera, production, editing.
- 1995–Present - President Goubernia Corp., Editor in Chief of the Cascade Russian newspaper
- Editor, Milner-Fenvick Video Company
- Film Director, Cinema Verite
- Songs and Music of Russian Jews
- From Baltimore with Love
- Peace Sounds Sweet
- Diploma of Philadelphia International Film Festival, participate in New York 17th Independent Film Market and Leipzig International Film Festival
References
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