Paul Brooks is a British-born film producer. Brooks has a

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degree in English/

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and

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from the

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. He then went into

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before moving into film. In 1992 he executive produced low-budget film for ''Vadim Jean'' & ''Gary Sinyor'' "Leon The Pig Farmer" which became an unexpected hit in the UK box office. In 1993 he formed a film company Metrodome Films which made films likes the controversial film Beyond Bedlam,

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, the cult horror Darklands directed by ''Julian Richards'' and Killing Time. Most of these films were usually starred ''Craig Fairbrass.'' In 2016 the company has been placed into administration. Brooks has been the president of Gold Circle Films since March 2001. He has produced a number of films, including the

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-nominated ''

Shadow of the Vampire ''Shadow of the Vampire'' is a 2000 horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven Katz. The film stars John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film '' Nosferatu, ei ...

'' and ''

My Big Fat Greek Wedding ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Faton ...

''.

Filmography

* '' Leon the Pig Farmer'' (1993) (executive producer) * ''Beyond Bedlam'' (1993) * ''Clockwork Mice'' (1995) * ''Solitaire for 2'' (1995) (co-executive producer) * ''Proteus'' (1995) * '' Darklands'' (1996) * '' The Real Howard Spitz'' (1998) * '' Killing Time'' (1998) (executive producer) * ''One More Kiss'' (1999) * ''

'' (2000) (executive producer) * '' The Man from Elysian Fields'' (2001) (executive producer) * '' The Badge'' (2002) (executive producer) * ''Sonny'' (2002) * '' Poolhall Junkies'' (2002) (executive producer) * ''

'' (2002) (executive producer) * '' 13 Moons'' (2002) (executive producer) * '' Rolling Kansas'' (2003) * ''DysFunktional Family'' (2003) * '' Jiminy Glick in Lalawood'' (2004) * '' The Long Weekend'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' The Wedding Date'' (2005) * ''Griffin & Phoenix'' (2006) * '' Slither'' (2006) * '' Whisper'' (2007) * '' Because I Said So'' (2007) * '' White Noise 2: The Light'' (2007) (executive producer) * ''Rock Paper Scissors'' (2008) * '' The Haunting in Connecticut'' (2008) * '' Blood Creek'' (2008) * ''

My Sassy Girl ''My Sassy Girl'' () is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun. The film is based on a true story told in a series of blog posts written by Kim Ho-sik, who later adapted them into ...

'' (2008) * '' Over Her Dead Body'' (2008) * ''The New Daughter'' (2009) * '' The Fourth Kind'' (2009) * '' New in Town'' (2009) * ''The Belcoo Experiment'' (2009) * ''ATM'' (2010) * '' Pitch Perfect'' (2012) * '' Search Party'' (2014) * '' Pitch Perfect 2'' (2015) * '' I Still See You'' (2018) * '' Prey for the Devil'' (2022) * '' Champions'' (2023) * '' Last Breath'' (2025)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Paul Alumni of the University of London Businesspeople from London English film producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)