Paul Welsh is an experienced developer, producer and commissioner of live action and animated shorts, documentaries and feature films.

As producer, his feature successes include the Scottish Screen/EM Media funded Skeletons, winner of EIFF’s Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature (2010). And his second production Lore premieres Summer 2012. Directed by Cate Shortland (Somersault), Lore is based on Rachel Seiffert’s Booker nominated title The Dark Room, a co-production with Rohfilm (Berlin) & Porchlight Films (Sydney) set at the end of World War 2.

As a short filmmaker – working with GMAC, DigiCult, EM Media, UKFC, Creative Scotland, Screen Australia and others – Paul has developed, produced and executive produced over 50 short and medium length films since 2001, helping establish and further the careers of many exciting filmmakers including Chris Waitt, Joern Utkilen, Zam Salim, Peter Baynton, the Berties, Martin Smith, Michael Pearce, Iain Gardner, Jessica Ashman, Ruth Paxton and Stuart Comrie.

Paul is currently running Screen Australia’s emergent talent initiative Springboard in Sydney as well as consulting for the fund on feature development with all levels of talent. From Summer 2012, he will also work as an industry advisor on Accelerator, Creative Scotland’s new feature development programme being managed and delivered by the Scottish Playwrights Studio.