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PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR

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ABOUT

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A ten-time Emmy award winning producer and video editor, Paul Devlin brings versatility, efficiency and more than two decades of production and post-production experience to new projects. Paul’s diverse credits include theatrically released feature-length films, live network studio broadcasts, high-end agency spots and celebrity music videos.

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Paul's upcoming projects include Castner's Cutthroats, a scripted series that follows the ragtag outfit that freed Alaska from Japanese occupation during WWII. The project has received funding from the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association to develop the pilot script.

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The internationally distributed, feature-length documentaries that Paul has produced and edited have won over a dozen international awards (including top honors at Berlinale and Hot Docs), played in countless film festivals (including Tribeca, SXSW, San Francisco and IDFA), earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and screened for millions of viewers in over 120 countries. Paul was awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA).

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Paul’s clients have included CBS, NBC, ABC, HBO, ESPN, CNN, PBS, BBC, TNT and many others. Paul’s sports broadcasting experience is extensive, spanning many major sport events and earning him ten Emmys for CBS Sports’ Tour De France, Super Bowl and NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament coverage as well as NBC Sports’ Olympic coverage.

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As an entrepreneur, Paul is the founder of Devlin Pix, the co-founder of Core Learning Exchange, and a founding investor of Nila Lighting. Most recently he has been an early investor in the start-ups, Egal and Taho.

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Q&A for The Front Man at IFC Center, Manhattan

AWARDS

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EMMYS
 
WINNERS - SPORTS EMMYS:


 Production: 

  • “Tour De France” - Outstanding Live Event Turnaround:

    • CBS, 2003 

    • CBS, 2002 

    • CBS, 2001 

  
Post-Production: 

  • "Road to the Final Four" - Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Limited Run - CBS|TNT. 2025

  • “Games Of The XXXIII Olympiad” - Outstanding Live Special - NBC, 2024 

  • “Super Bowl LVII” - Outstanding Technical Team Event - CBS, 2024 

  • “XXIV Olympic Winter Games” - Outstanding Live Special - NBC, 2022 

  • “Super Bowl LV” - Outstanding Technical Team Event - CBS, 2021 

  • "The Centennial Olympic Games”-Outstanding Technical Team Studio-NBC, 1996 

  • “Games Of The XXV Olympiad”- Outstanding Technical Team Studio - NBC, 1992 

 


NOMINATIONS - NEW YORK EMMYS 

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  • “Slammin’”, Outstanding Fine Arts Programming, WNET, 1996 

  • “Slammin’”, Outstanding Cultural Programming, WNET, 1996 

 


NOMINATIONS - SPORTS EMMYS 

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  • "NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament" - Outstanding Sports Playoff Coverarge, CBS|TNT, 2025

  • “Road To The Final Four” - Outstanding Studio Show-limited Run, CBS/TNT, 2025 

  • “The NFL Today” - Outstanding Technical Team Studio, CBS, 2023 

  • “Games Of The XXXII Olympiad” - Outstanding Live Special, NBC, 2021 

  • “The Super Bowl Today” - Outstanding Technical Team Studio, CBS, 2021 

  • "Road To The Final Four"-Outstanding Technical Team Studio, CBS/TNT/TBS/TRUTV, 2013 

  • “Tour De France” - Outstanding Live Event Turnaround:

    • CBS, 2008 

    • CBS, 2005 

    • CBS, 2004 

  • “Gateway To Glory: A Preview Of The 1998 Olympic Winter Games” - Outstanding Edited Sports Special, CBS, 1998 

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FEATURE FILM - WINNERS, NOMINATIONS & HONORS

 

POWER TRIP

  • Nomination, Independent Spirit Award, Best Documentary, 2004

  • Winner, Berlin Film Festival, International Forum, The Berliner Zeitung Readers' Jury Prize, 2003

  • Special Mention, Berlin Film Festival, International Forum, International Confederation of Art Cinemas, 2003

  • Winner, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Best International Documentary - Feature, 2003

  • Winner, Transparency International Film Festival, Best Documentary Award, 2003

  • Winner, Port Townsend Film Festival, Washington, Best Documentary Award, 2003

  • Winner, Red Bank International Film Festival, New Jersey, Best Documentary Award, 2003

  • Winner, Cinemabiente Environmental Film Festival, Torino, Italy, Best Documentary, 2004

  • Winner, Freiburg Okomedia Environmental Film Festival, Germany, "Golden Lynx" - First Prize for Best Journalistic Achievement, 2023

  • Winner, Ecomove Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, Grand Prix, 2023

 

BLAST!

  • New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant, $25,000

  • Nomination, Grierson Award, Best Science Documentary

  • Special Project, International Year of Astronomy 2009

  • Winner, Vedere La Scienza Festival, Best Documentary

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SLAMNATION

  • Winner, Northampton Film Festival, Best Documentary Award, 1998

  • Winner, Philadelphia International Film Festival (Philafilm), Silver Award, Documentary, 1998

  • Winner, Tortured Artist Film Festival, Best Feature Award, 1998

 

THE EYES OF ST. ANTHONY

  • WorldFest Houston, Silver Award, 1992

PRESS SELECTS

INTERVIEWS

The infamous JT Leroy interviews Paul Devlin for FilmMaker Magazine: “The Electric Company”

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Ira Flatow’s Interview on NPR’s Science Friday: “Reviewing Science On The Big Screen”

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IndieWire Interview: “Fighting The Power: Paul Devlin’s Electrifying Doc ‘Power Trip’”

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Documentary Magazine Interview: “Through ArtistShare, Fundraising is a BLAST for Filmmaker Paul Devlin”

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IMDb Interviews Paul Devlin about SlamNation

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Documentary Magazine: "The Alternative Theatrical Circuit"

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The New York Times: “A Documentary Records a Fierce Struggle for Power, Electric and Otherwise”

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IndieWire: “The Grand ‘Slam’: Poetry Doc Beats Odds”

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Movie Maker Magazine: “Sense and Sensibility - Real Lesson in Independent Distribution”

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PROFILES

WRITTEN BY

The New York Times: “Make Rejection Work For You”

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Filmmaker Magazine: “Look Your Customers in the Eye”

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Filmmaker Magazine: “Why Filmmaking Cannot Be A Hobby”

(The IRS's battle with Documentary Filmmakers)

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Filmmaker Magazine: “Theatrical Launch”

(A documentary's journey to the Big Screen)

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Dox Magazine: “A Pioneering Experience”

(Crowdfunding before it was "a thing")

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The Independent: “What’s in a Name?”

(The case for genres of Documentary)

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REVIEWS

The triumph of filmmaker Paul Devlin is in finding a narrative through-line that clarifies this horrendously complicated situation without oversimplifying its issues. - LA Weekly

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“Paul Devlin has been involved with two of the better documentaries of the ‘00s: Power Trip and Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme.” - The Onion, AV Club

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“For such a free-form approach to filmmaking, Freestyle is surprisingly well structured - that rare feat of making the creative process interesting while also telling a story.” – Los Angeles Times

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“Made with deft evenhandedness, Paul Devlin’s accomplished film plays almost like a fictional drama, containing suspense, comedy and some colorful characters.” - Variety

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“Devlin shows all this with lively editing that keeps his story hurtling along.” - Chicago Tribute

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"Devlin generates a whole lot more funk than, say, a Frontline documentary." - Village Voice

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