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Paul Merryman

Producer

Paul Merryman is a film & television producer with a focus on amazing true stories along with all things genre. He holds an MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute and a BS in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of Texas at Austin. He started his career as an assistant to visionary film director Sam Raimi and quickly worked his way up the ladder. Following several years as Sam’s development executive running Raimi Productions, he branched out on his own as an independent producer, producing the critically acclaimed Afghanistan War film THE OUTPOST, starring Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, and Orlando Bloom. He maintains an active slate of development projects in addition to his work as a producer. Recent productions including A NASHVILLE LEGACY for Hallmark, CLOCK for Hulu starring Dianna Agron, the soon to be released horror film HOUSE OF ABRAHAM starring Natasha Henstridge, and Austin shot feature films AMERICAN BABY and MUNY. He's currently producing Peter Brunner's DOWN THE ARM OF GOD starring Caleb Landry Jones, shooting in Amarillo, Texas.

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