DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
PAUL MICHAEL BLOODGOOD
PAUL MICHAEL BLOODGOOD is a 2x Lone Star EMMY®-winning film and commercial director, SAG-AFTRA stunt performer 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 Bachelor of Arts in Dance and the Humanities from St. Edward’s University.
FILM & COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
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, POE / A TALE OF MADNESS (2024) was filmed on a production soundstage with a 50′ LED screen, combining real props with virtual backgrounds built with Unreal Engine. POE stands at the precipice of technology seen in big budget productions such as STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN (2019-) and THE BATMAN (2022), creating visually stunning yet realistic environments – perfect for the dark and sinister dream world of Edgar Allan Poe.
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 15 film festivals around the globe and recipient of 13 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 a dozen televised commercial credits as director – including 2023 Lone Star EMMY®-winner, THE NUTCRACKER: Clara’s Paperdolls and VIDDY® Award-winner, CINDERELLA: A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes.
STUNT PERFORMER
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 DEEP SIX (2023) 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).
MUSIC
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).
DANCE & MOVEMENT SPECIALIST
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 concert 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.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
JAMES MOLL
James Moll’s work as a filmmaker has earned him an Oscar, two Emmys and a Grammy. James has directed, produced and edited many documentaries, including the sports adventure RUNNING THE SAHARA, executive produced by Matt Damon; Oscar winning THE LAST DAYS, executive produced by Steven Spielberg; Emmy winning INHERITANCE, about the daughter of a Nazi concentration camp commander, and FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, for which he earned his Grammy.
James produced ALWAYS FAITHFUL, a feature-length documentary about American Marine Corps war dogs and their handlers in Iraq and Afghanistan; and WHEN I RISE, depicting the civil rights struggle of opera star Barbara Smith Conrad.
Moll’s television credits include the NBC feature documentary special PRICE FOR PEACE – produced by author Stephen Ambrose with Steven Spielberg – about WWII in the Pacific. Other television credits include programming for AMC, Showtime, HISTORY, VH1, and Hallmark.
In addition to his work as a filmmaker, James established and headed the non-profit Shoah Foundation with Steven Spielberg for the purpose of recording and preserving more than 50,000 ‘visual histories’ of Holocaust survivors.
James currently serves as co-chair of the DGA Documentary Award and is an active member of the Executive Committee of the Documentary Branch of the Motion Picture Academy.
Born in Allentown, PA and raised in Los Angeles, Moll grew up in a musical household and considered a career as a pianist and composer before following another passion and earning a degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Before graduation, he worked in feature film development for film producer Lauren Shuler Donner (MR. MOM, X-MEN).
Moll serves as co-chair for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Documentary Award, and also serves on the Executive Committee of the Documentary Branch of the Motion Picture Academy.
PRODUCER
ANNE MARIE BLOODGOOD
Prior to her work as a producer on TRENCHES OF ROCK, Anne Marie Bloodgood enjoyed an 18-year career as a professional ballet dancer with Ballet Austin, Nevada Ballet Theatre and Ballet Pacifica, performing a variety of featured and principal roles.
Anne Marie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and the Humanities from Saint Edward’s University in 2011 while simultaneously working full-time as a dancer.
Anne Marie has appeared in several television commercials, music videos and feature films including Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE and has also been a featured model for Austin’s Rae Cosmetics and the cover of Austin Wedding Day.
Anne Marie is an accomplished photographer, primarily focusing her work on the dance world that she knows so well. Her photographic work has been featured in numerous publications, including newspapers such as The Austin American-Statesman and the Austin Chronicle, to nationally and internationally recognized magazines, Pointe Magazine and Dance Magazine.
