Paul L. Carr
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Paul L. Carr is a Chicago film director, producer, writer, actor and owner of Busted City Productions. His critically acclaimed film, Busted City, portrays the intense racial politics surrounding Harold Washington's election as Chicago's first Black mayor. Busted City is an 82 minute feature that won numerous laurels on the festival circuit in London, Italy, and France, as well as the U.S. Mr. Carr later wrote, produced and directed American Barbarian, a psychological horror/dark comedy whose main character is a young woman dealing with the aftermath of Donald Trump's election. Shot on locations throughout Chicago and featuring a primarily female cast, American Barbarian vividly portrays the tumultuous time period we live in. American Barbarian toured the festival circuit with Zoe Pike winning Best Lead Actress in France, Amsterdam and the U.S .DOP Collin K. Rogers also won Best Cinematography at The International Film Maker Festival of World Cinema, Amsterdam. The film screened at The Chicago Horror Film Festival and was accepted into the Chicago Art House BLOW-UP Festival. In addition, Mr. Carr won Best Director at The International Film Maker Festival of World Cinema, Milan and actress Karen O. Fort won Best Supporting Actress. A 72 & 1/2 minute film entitled Empire, a feature-length horror/sci-fi/fantasy film dealing with ecological Armageddon, is the latest film from Busted City Productions. Mr. Carr wrote, directed, produced and designed the set for Empire, which recently entered the festival circuit. Empire received 5 nominations at the 2020 International Film Maker Festival of World Cinema, Nice, including Best Director in a Feature Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. The South Europe Int'l Film Festival at Valencia also accepted the film and awarded 6 nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay. Nick Leininger won Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film and also won Best Lead Actor at World Cinema/ Antwerp Belgium. Don Schroeder won Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film at the East Europe IFF in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by Fusion Film Festivals. Empire was also accepted into the Colorado International Sci-fi & Fanatasy Festival and awarded prizes for the Most Shockingly Artistic Feature film and the Be the Change award. The Central Florida Film Festival accepted the film for its festival in January of 2021, as did Festival Angaelica for later in the year . Mr Carr most recently shot a feature-length comedy which should be on the festival circuit in 2021.