Paul Yates
Paul Yates is an American filmmaker, artist, and musician.
Yates attended NYU for photography, received a BFA in film from SUNY Purchase in 1993 and received his M.F.A. in directing from AFI Conservatory in 2006.
Yates has made music videos or shot footage for Moby, R.E.M., The Dandy Warhols and others. He has had films in festivals all over the world from Berlin to Havana, Singapore to Tribeca. Yates was the DP on the feature documentary Modulations which was a Sundance Film Festival hit. Yates's first directed feature, Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party (executive produced by Moby) was released in 2003. His AFI Thesis film Onion Underwater was a 2007 Tribeca Film Festival selection. Yates's German pop star alter ego Schaumgummi has had several pop hits in Germany.
Yates was Moby's keyboardist during his live shows during the 1990s. Yates has performed at and the Late Show with David Letterman.
He is also a photobooth artist. He founded the International Surrealist Film Festival in Stamford, CT in 1990.
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