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PAUL KEMP
PRODUCTIONS
Executive Producer
Film Director & Writer
TV Show Runner
Because stories matter...
VIDEOS | PAUL'S TV & FILM
Searching For Satoshi Trailer
The Pretendians
Nike's Big Bet - Trailer #1
The Rise Of Jordan Peterson
Going Native
Cottagers & Indians
Xander Jones: Monster Slayer - In Development
Village of the Missing - Trailer
Transformer
Infestation
The Science of Sin
Searching For Winnetou
Portraits of War
I Bet My Life
Travel Safe Not Sorry
Rise of the Trolls
ABOUT
Paul Kemp is a multiple award-winning TV series and documentary Story Editor, Director, Show Runner, and Producer with over 100 projects under his belt. His films and TV series have been seen in over 160 countries. Paul also works with TV distribution companies ALL3 Media, Gravitas Ventures, Abacus Media, Sideways Films UK, and ZDFE of Germany.
Paul competed as a long-time national class track and field athlete who has also taken on the NYC and Boston Marathons. A former member of the Press Gallery on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, his two books Does Your Vote Count? and Canada’s Brain Drain still are used at universities across Canada.
Paul currently lives in Toronto, with his wife and 3 children.
SEARCHING FOR SATOSHI: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BITCOIN CREATOR (CBC, UKTV)
Director / Writer / Producer
*WINNER: 4 x 2024 Canadian Cinematography Awards - Best Documentary Film, Director, Photography, Editor;
*WINNER: 2024 “Best Story” Bitcoin International Film Fest;
*WINNER: Best Documentary, Winnipeg Real to Reel Fim Fest 2024;
*3-TIME WINNER: Best Documentary, Best Director, Best research-- Golden Sheaf Awards 2024,
*NOMINEE: BANFF INTERNATIONAL TV and FILM FEST 2024; SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Lighthouse Film Fest 2024
MY BRAIN ON SPORTS for TVO. Releasing in December 2024
Producer / Writer / Director
THE PRETENDIANS (CBC Passionate Eye | 60 Minutes)
Producer / Writer / Director
*WINNER: 2023 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Current Affairs Documentary Program
*NOMINEE: 2023 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
*WINNER: 2023 GOLDEN SHEAF AWARDS Best Social and Political Documentary
GOING NATIVE (APTN)
Executive Producer / Writer / Director
*WINNER: GOLDEN SHEAF AWARDS (2022): Best Canadian Documentary Series for Going Native, Season 1
*WINNER: 2023 GOLDEN SHEAF AWARDS Best Canadian Documentary Series for Going Native, Season 2
NIKE'S BIG BET (CBC, Sky Originals, Amazon, Peacock | NBC+)
Producer / Writer / Director
*WINNER: 2022 Canadian Screen Award “Best Sports Program or Series,” Hot Docs, Special Presentation
TRANSFORMER (NETFLIX USA | CBC)
Executive Producer / Story Editor
*WINNER: Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award 2018, Hot Docs International Audience Award, 2017 Austin Film Festival “Best Documentary Feature” and “Audience Award”
VILLAGE OF THE MISSING (CBC)
Executive Producer / Story Editor / Field Director
*NOMINEE CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Current Affairs Documentary Program
THE RISE OF JORDAN PETERSON (CBC, SKY UK, iTunes #1 in 2019)
Executive Producer / Story Editor
*Nominated - Yorkton, Best Social and Political Documentary 2019
SEARCHING FOR WINNETOU
Executive Producer / Writer
*Yorkton Film Fest, Best Arts and Culture Doc, 2018
INFESTATION (4 x 60m) (UKTV & ZDF Germany)
Executive Producer / Writer / Co-Director
THE SCIENCE OF SIN (4 x 60m) (Discovery Latin America)
Executive Producer / Series Writer
*Nominated Best International Science Documentary Series-Banff TV Festival
SECRETS OF THE DOG PARK (Discovery Family US)
Executive Producer / Story Editor
*Nominated Best Documentary Photography, Canadian Screen Awards
THE PLASTIC FANTASTIC BRAIN (2 x 60m) (Discovery Health US, Science Channel US, Discovery UK & ZDF)
Executive Producer
*Nominated For Real Screen ‘Best Factual Award’ and the Gemini Awards for “Best Documentary” / “Best Editing” / “Best Photography”
I BET MY LIFE (Travel Channel US)
Executive Producer
COTTAGERS & INDIANS (CBC)
Executive Producer / Story Editor / Director
(Yorkton Finalist American Indian Film Fest 2020; Winner TIFF 2020)