Paul Webster (other)
Paul Webster may refer to: * Paul Webster (jazz) (1909–1966), American big band musician * Paul Webster (journalist) (born 1954), British journalist, editor of ''The Observer'' * Paul Webster (producer) (born 1952), British film producer * Paul Francis Webster (1907–1984), American lyricist *Paul Webster, character in the 1959 film ''The Alligator People ''The Alligator People'' is a 1959 CinemaScope science-fiction horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth.''Midnight Marquee Actors Series: Lon Chaney, Jr.'' by Gary Svehla It stars Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, and Lon Chaney Jr. This film was the p ...

Paul Webster (jazz)
Paul Francis Webster (August 24, 1909 - May 6, 1966) was a jazz trumpeter in the big band era. He was a high-note specialist for Jimmie Lunceford's band, and later played in several other big bands. Early life Webster was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 24, 1909. He attended Fisk University. Later life and career Webster became a professional musician around 1927. He played in bands led by George E. Lee (1927), Bennie Moten (1927–28), Paul Banks (1930), and Jap Allen (around 1930). He joined Jimmie Lunceford's band in 1931, then moved to Tommy Douglas (around the same year), and vocalist Eli Rice (1933–34). Webster returned to Lunceford in 1935, and became known as a high-note specialist. He appeared on film in ''Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra'', which was made in 1936. After leaving Lunceford in 1944, he joined Cab Calloway's band, and played with them on and off into the 1950s. He was part of other bands in the same period, including those led by Char ...
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Paul Webster (journalist)
Paul F. Webster is a British journalist who has been the editor of ''The Observer'' since 2018. He was previously the deputy editor of ''The Observer'' for 20 years under Will Hutton William Nicolas Hutton (born 21 May 1950) is a British journalist. As of 2022, he writes a regular column for ''The Observer'', co-chairs the Purposeful Company, and is the president-designate of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is the chair ..., Roger Alton, and John Mulholland (journalist), John Mulholland, and before that, the foreign and home editor of ''The Guardian''. Webster is the author of a 1993 biography of the French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. ''The Observer'' Webster became editor of ''The Observer'' as a result of his promotion by Guardian Media Group editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, who said he would be a "superb" editor. Webster said: "I am delighted and honoured to be appointed editor, especially at such an exciting time in the paper’s development as it ...
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Paul Webster (producer)
Paul Webster (born 19 September 1952) is a British film producer. Life and career Webster has worked both as an independent, and with several production companies. He worked with Working Title Films for five years, setting up their Los Angeles office. Between 1995 and 1997 he was Head of Production for Miramax Films. In 1998 he joined Channel 4 to create Film Four. In 2004 he joined Kudos Film and Television, heading their film unit, Kudos Pictures. Webster was executive producer, along with Robert Redford and Rebecca Yeldham, of the 2004 film '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', directed by Walter Salles, based on Che Guevara's book '' The Motorcycle Diaries''. Webster was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2007 film ''Atonement Atonement (also atoning, to atone) is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part, either through direct action to undo the consequences of that act, equivalent action to do good for others, or ...
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Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United States, the son of Myron Lawrence Webster and Blanche Pauline Stonehill Webster. His family was Jewish. His father was born in Augustów, Poland. He attended the Horace Mann School (Riverdale, Bronx, New York), graduating in 1926, and then went to Cornell University from 1927 to 1928 and New York University from 1928 to 1930, leaving without receiving a degree. He worked on ships throughout Asia and then became a dance instructor at an Arthur Murray studio in New York City. By 1931, however, he turned his career direction to writing song lyrics. His first professional lyric was "Masquerade" (music by John Jacob Loeb) which became a hit in 1932, performed by Paul Whiteman. In 1935, Twentieth Century Fox signed him to a contract to wr ...
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