BIO

PAUL MICHAEL BLOODGOOD is a 3x Lone Star EMMY® & CLIO ENTERTAINMENT AWARD-winning film and commercial director, SAG-AFTRA stunt performer, virtual production director and movement specialist. Bloodgood’s 20-year career as a professional ballet dancer presented him the opportunity to perform a myriad of principal roles in theaters worldwide. Growing up on the road across the United States and Europe, he is the son of late musician Michael Bloodgood, founder of the platinum-selling band BLOODGOOD and holds a BA in Dance and the Humanities from St. Edward’s University. Bloodgood is a 2024 AV Awards finalist in the “AV Freelancer of the Year” category and is a frequent guest speaker, including numerous film festival Q&A panels, Imperial War Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, university classes and InfoComm in Las Vegas.

Behind the camera, Bloodgood directed the feature documentary TRENCHES OF ROCK (2019), executive produced by Academy Award®-winner James Moll (FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, 2011). TRENCHES had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival, garnering the attention of 18 festivals worldwide and receiving 14 accolades including multiple “BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY” and “BEST DIRECTOR” awards (available on Apple TV • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • DirecTV • Blu-ray • DVD).

Bloodgood’s latest project, CLIO ENTERTAINMENT AWARD and Lone Star EMMY®-winning POE: A TALE OF MADNESS (2024) was filmed on a virtual production soundstage with a 50-foot curved LED screen utilizing groundbreaking technology known as “The Volume” – combining real props with backgrounds built with Unreal Engine. POE stands at the precipice of film industry tech seen in big budget productions such as Star Wars’ THE MANDALORIAN (2019-) and THE BATMAN (2022), creating visually stunning and immersive yet realistic environments – perfect for the dark and sinister cinematic dream world of Edgar Allan Poe. POE has also received HERMES PLATINUM, MARCOM PLATINUM and DAVEY GOLD awards.

Bloodgood collaborated with choreographer Stephen Mills on the Lone Star EMMY®-winning haunted dance film, PRELUDES/BEGINNINGS (2021) which premiered on Austin PBS to critical acclaim. Bloodgood’s FINDING LIGHT (2024) screened its world premiere at the prestigious Miami Jewish Film Festival and is an official selection of 16 film festivals around the globe and the recipient of 14 accolades, including “BEST DOCUMENTARY” awards in Berlin, Rome and Madrid, “BEST HISTORICAL FILM” at Cannes World Film Festival, the “AUDIENCE AWARD” at Film Pittsburgh’s JFilm Festival and a COMMUNITAS AWARD for “Making A Difference in Communities.” In addition to Bloodgood’s feature films, he has over 15 televised commercial credits as director – including Lone Star EMMY®-winner, THE NUTCRACKER: Clara’s Paperdolls and VIDDY Award-winner, CINDERELLA: A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes.

Bloodgood trained in Tukong Moosul martial arts and fight choreography under Grandmaster Wonik Yi (SIN CITY, 2005). Stunt credits include Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, Robert Rodriguez’s HYPNOTIC (2023) starring Ben Affleck, 20+ episodes of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (2015-2023), LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION (2021-) starring Noah Wyle, and MAFIA WARS (2024) starring Tom Welling. Additional appearances include Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS (2007), Forest Whitaker’s FIRST DAUGHTER (2004) starring Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton, Richard Linklater’s BERNIE (2011) starring Jack Black, and a supporting role with Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs in the Wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag” music video for the feature film LOSER (2000).

A trained vocalist, Bloodgood toured Europe with the award-winning Columbia Boys Choir in his youth. He is the lead singer, songwriter, and drummer for FLOATING POCKETS whose song “Adore” climbed the charts to #3 on MP3.com and debut album was selected by Pandora Radio (also available on Spotify • Amazon Music • Apple Music).

Featured in NY TIMES, LA TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, DANCE MAGAZINE, POINTE MAGAZINE, ADWEEK, and a 4-time AUSTIN CRITICS TABLE AWARD recipient, Bloodgood’s decades of experience as a professional dancer and creature performer have opened opportunities for him to work in the industry as a movement specialist and dance coach on projects such as ABC Family’s THE LYING GAME (2011). He performed alongside Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy as “Fairground Boy” in an Actor’s Equity live presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at the historic Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. As a dancer, his principal role credits include Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, Swan Lake, La Sylphide, The Sleeping Beauty, The Firebird, Coppélia, Agon, Allegro Brillante, Light / the Holocaust & Humanity Project, as well as originating “Beast” in Stephen Mills’ Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast (Austin PBS).

Bloodgood credits his extensive background in film, music and dance for his unique approach to creative storytelling.