Paul Bush

Directing·Jan 1, 1956·North London, England, UK

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Paul Bush (born 1956, north London) is a British experimental film director and animator. The son of classical composer Geoffrey Bush, Paul Bush studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College under Michael Craig-Martin. He later taught himself how to make films while a member of the London Film-Makers' Co-op. He has since made numerous short and medium length films including The Cows Drama (1984), His Comedy (1994), Rumour of True Things (1996), Furniture Poetry (1999), While Darwin Sleeps (2004), and many others. He has won prizes at animation festivals in the Netherlands, Barcelona, Zagreb, Hiroshima, Bombay, Chicago and other places throughout the world. His website contains extracts of many of his films. His films "Furniture Poetry"(1999) and 'While Darwin Sleeps' (2004) closely resemble Jan Švankmajer's animation 'Historia Naturae, Suita' (1967) In addition to directing and animating, Bush pioneered a technique seen in a number of his films, including The Albatross. The technique involves scratching frame by frame directly into the surface of colour filmstock over live action footage, creating an animated sequence which resembles traditional wood engraving. Since 2002 Bush has increasingly focused on time lapse portraits of people and more conventional animation including a collaboration with artist Lisa Milroy which produced Geisha Grooming (2003).

Film	Credit
Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic2020 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Ride2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
EElegy2017 · Director	Director
GGood Friends2016 · Director	Director
The Five Minute Museum2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Babeldom2013 · Director	Director
Lay Bare2012 · Director	Director
CCentral Swiss2006 · director	director
PPaul Bush Talks2006 · Director	Director
WWhile Darwin Sleeps...2004 · Director	Director
SShinjuku Samurai2004 · Director	Director
Secret Love2003 · Director	Director
GGeisha Grooming2003 · Director	Director
BBusby Berkeley's Tribute to Mae West2002 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Jekyll and Hyde2001 · Director	Director
PPas de Deux de Deux2001 · Director	Director
LLie Detector2001 · Director	Director
Furniture Poetry2000 · Director	Director
FFlik Flak2000 · Director	Director
FFlik Flak 22000 · Director	Director
The Albatross1998 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Rumour of True Things1997 · Director	Director
Still Life with Small Cup1995 · Director	Director
His Comedy1994 · Director	Director
TThe Cow's Drama1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer