John Paulson is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director, cinematographer and editor and a member of the Director’s Guild of America. His work has been seen worldwide on broadcast television, movie theaters, home video, film festivals and jumbo concert screens. He began his career directing live television and producing documentaries at an ABC-affiliate station in Illinois, then joined the staff o
f the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC where he created acclaimed shows on music, arts, history and culture. In 2002 he founded John Paulson Productions LLC and as an independent producer has been the creative force behind highly-regarded performance shows on Flamenco dance (Fury!), Pop music (3 Mo’ Divas), Jazz (Les Paul Live in New York), and Broadway (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! And his recent documentaries on music luminaries Woody Guthrie and Les Paul, and his stunning aerial treatment of the Chesapeake Bay, have garnered him numerous awards and the Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Today, Paulson’s career continues to cross over from directing documentaries to performance shows and back. John Paulson Productions and its partner company, Third Rail Productions, are the producers of Emmy Award winning programming for national television broadcast, foreign distribution and an array of corporate, museum & non-broadcast clients. John Paulson Productions and Third Rail Productions are owned and operated by veteran producer and DGA director John R.
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