Paul Bozymowski is an award-winning director with a diverse portfolio of work, including long-form documentary film and television, short films, commercials, concert and music videos, and live theatrical multimedia. His subjects have included numerous celebrities and distinct personalities, such as Hugh Jackman, Vice President Al Gore, Sting, Carrie Underwood, Renée Fleming, Buzz Aldrin, Ed Burns, Graydon Carter, Simon Cowell, Anna Sui, Alexander Wang, Pharrell Williams, Mary J. Blige, Adam Levine, Common, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Miley Cyrus.
Born in Detroit to parents of Mexican and Polish descent, Paul was exposed to a multicultural environment from an early age. He began piano lessons at age 4 and joined St. Paul's Episcopal Choir in downtown Detroit at age 9. His music background led to a deep appreciation of the arts, and he went on to travel Asia with Musical Youth International at age 13. He then performed in several high school theater and musical theater productions, eventually studying music, theater, and film at Northwestern University.
Paul's directing career was built on the technical and creative foundations of editing and cinematography over nearly two decades. He has created media and entertainment for dozens of clients, including Citi, American Express, UPS, Conde Nast, Proctor & Gamble, LVMH, Unilever, Sony, Intel, Toyota, IBM, and General Motors. His documentary work has appeared on Fox, PBS, Discovery, A&E, and Nat Geo.
Recent projects include directing the 90-minute special "American Idol: American Dream" for Fox Television, which tells the story of American Idol's impact on television, music, and American culture. He also directed "American Voices with Renée Fleming" for PBS' Great Performances, which combines documentary filmmaking with live performances by vocalists, and "Sting: The Last Ship Live at the Public Theater" for PBS' Great Performances, which features an intimate performance of songs by Sting from his latest album.
Paul's other notable projects include directing the documentary "Miley: The Movement" in 2013, which chronicles Miley Cyrus' reinvention and controversy at the MTV Video Music Awards, and "Generation Astronaut" for Unilever/Axe, which follows an international competition to send ordinary people into space. He also directed the documentary "Toyota: The Tundra Endeavour" and the companion documentary "Three Nights, Three Days: Endeavour's Journey Through Los Angeles" in 2012, which captures the historic journey of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Throughout 2011, Paul documented the development of IBM's Watson, the cognitive computer system designed to play the game show Jeopardy!, and directed Sting's 60th birthday celebration concert, which premiered exclusively on the Sting 25 iPad app.
