Paul Raschid
Paul Raschid

Paul first went onto a film set in 2007 aged 14 when he acted in 'Ealing Comedy' alongside UK television stars Kulvinder Ghir and Alistair McGowan. Stints as a runner on 'Naachle London' and reading scripts for his father, producer Neville Raschid were followed with him writing his first screenplay in 2012. Neville recognised and then nurtured Paul's talent and in 2014, Paul wrote and acted in teen horror 'Unhallowed Ground' which screened at the London Independent and British Horror Film Festivals before being distributed by Kaleidoscope in the UK and Jinga internationally. In 2015, Paul wrote and directed his follow up horror - 'Servant's Quarters' - which screened at the Raindance Film Festival in 2016. In 2017, Paul wrote and directed 'White Chamber'. The film was selected for 10 film festivals worldwide in 2018 including Edinburgh, FrightFest London, Sitges and BiFan, South Korea. Shauna Macdonald won Best Actress at BAFTA Scotland 2018 for her performance in the film. The film was picked up and released by MPI on DVD and sold to Netflix where it played til end January 2021. In 2019, producer John Giwa-Amu engaged Paul to direct 'The Complex' - an interactive film thriller - from a script by Lynn Renee Maxcy (The Handmaid's Tale). John then commissioned Paul to write and direct two more interactive films. 'Deathtrap Dungeon - The Golden Room' - a fantasy adventure and write and 'Five Dates' - a rom-com. Paul had found his niche in interactive storytelling. The Complex, Five Dates and Deathtrap Dungeon all released on Playstation, Xbox, Switch and Steam. Paul's current project is 'The Gallery' - a hostage thriller - social drama genre mashup. It filmed for 6 weeks in Finchley, North London from 8th February to 20th March 2021. 'The Gallery' completed in October 2021. It should maintain Paul as one of the most prolific interactive filmmakers in the world. 'The Gallery' interactive version will release in April 2022 in UK cinemas. This will be a first in Europe. The linear version will release later in 2022. Paul has a number of Interactive film projects in development. The website www.paulraschid.com gives further information about Paul's career to date.

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