Paul Brooks

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Paul Brooks
Born	London, England
Education	University of London
Occupation	film producer
Years active	1992 - present

Paul Brooks is a British-born film producer.

Brooks has a Humanities degree in English/Philosophy/Psychology and Sociology from the University of London. He then went into real estate development before moving into film.^[1]

In 1992 he executive produced low-budget film for Vadim Jean & Gary Sinyor "Leon The Pig Farmer" which became an unexpected hit in the UK box office.^[2]

In 1993 he formed a film company Metrodome Films^[3] which made films likes the controversial film Beyond Bedlam, Proteus, the cult horror Darklands directed by Julian Richards and Killing Time. Most of these films were usually starred Craig Fairbrass.^[4] In 2016 the company has been placed into administration.^[5]

Brooks has been the president of Gold Circle Films since March 2001.^[6] He has produced a number of films, including the Academy Award-nominated Shadow of the Vampire and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.^[7]

Filmography

• Leon the Pig Farmer (1993) (executive producer)
• Beyond Bedlam (1993)
• Clockwork Mice (1995)
• Solitaire for 2 (1995) (co-executive producer)
• Proteus (1995)
• Darklands (1996)
• The Real Howard Spitz (1998)
• Killing Time (1998) (executive producer)
• One More Kiss (1999)
• Shadow of the Vampire (2000) (executive producer)
• The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) (executive producer)
• The Badge (2002) (executive producer)
• Sonny (2002)
• Poolhall Junkies (2002) (executive producer)
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) (executive producer)
• 13 Moons (2002) (executive producer)
• Rolling Kansas (2003)
• DysFunktional Family (2003)
• Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
• The Long Weekend (2005)
• White Noise (2005)
• The Wedding Date (2005)
• Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
• Slither (2006)
• Whisper (2007)
• Because I Said So (2007)
• White Noise 2: The Light (2007) (executive producer)
• Rock Paper Scissors (2008)
• The Haunting in Connecticut (2008)
• Blood Creek (2008)
• My Sassy Girl (2008)
• Over Her Dead Body (2008)
• The New Daughter (2009)
• The Fourth Kind (2009)
• New in Town (2009)
• The Belcoo Experiment (2009)
• ATM (2010)
• Pitch Perfect (2012)
• Search Party (2014)
• Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
• I Still See You (2018)
• Prey for the Devil (2022)
• Champions (2023)
• Last Breath (2025)

References

1. "Paul Brooks". Filmbug. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
2. Rose, Simon (10 August 2006). "A bumpy ride to the big screen". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
3. Dawtrey, Adam (20 November 1997). "Brooks ankles top slot at Metrodome". Variety. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
4. "Metrodome Films". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
5. Shoard, Catherine (17 August 2016). "UK film distributor Metrodome enters administration". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
6. "Gold Circle Films and Platinum Studios Enter Into Largest Financial Agreement for Comic Book Film Adaptations". www.businesswire.com. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
7. "How 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' Became an Indie Phenomenon". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

External links

• Paul Brooks at IMDb