Paul Vincent Fusco

Both short films were awarded the Platinum Remi at the 2006 Houston World Fest in both the Suspense/Thriller and Horror/Fantasy categories. At present, Paul has focused full time on his writing and directing having recently signed with the Barry Perelman Literary Agency.

Paul continued to earn his living in the effects industry, when in the summer of 1994 he took another step toward directing with the short film action-thriller 'Self Sanction. ' He wrote and Co-produced with Patricia Neal. His second writer/directorial effort was 'Dumpy the Donut', whose cast was comprised of life sized human puppets, which Paul and fellow effects artist Mark Villalobos labored over nine months to construct.

The project fell into turn around and remains unproduced, however the screenplay caught the attention of Stu Segall, producer of Silk Stalkings (1991) and Renegade (1992). This led to Paul's first television writing assignment, which led to renewed interest in his 'Tooth Fairy' screenplay. The project again fell through.

Paul Vincent Fusco studied Business Management and Economics at Curry College for two years, before he transferred to Emerson College to study Theatre Set Design, which lead to an interdisciplinary degree in Television and Film production. Here Paul received two Evvy award nominations for a 30 second public service announcement and 15 minute television talk show, both of which he wrote, produced and directed. Later he attended Mass Art to study drawing. After college, Paul worked as an engineering model builder at A&M models, where he honed his craft in preparation for Hollywood's Special Effects field. With portfolio in hand, Paul quickly found himself working for Roger Corman as a model builder and later went onto to work at Landmark Entertainment Group before setting out to start Precision Effects with Michael Hood. . . which all started with a phone call Paul made to James Cameron. This secured the company's first feature film credit on The Abyss (1989). He then parted ways with Precision and continued to work for years on various feature film projects, commercials and theme park attractions in various capacities, utilizing his various talents as a model builder, prop maker,set designer and story board artist.

In 1989, Paul had written his second feature screenplay entitled "Tooth Fairy', which was submitted by Steven Baio to Trimark Entertainment. The screenplay was well received and had shown strong interest with producer Roger Birnbaum. A hand shake agreement was made and Paul found himself attached not only as a writer, but first time director as well.