Paul Schneider

Birthday: Mar 16, 1976
Birthplace: Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Bio: Paul Schneider grew up in North Carolina and attended the N.C. School of the Arts' School of Filmmaking. He began acting in school projects andgraduated with a degree in Film Editing.In 1999, he and a group of his film-school classmates began work on George Washington. The feature earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination, a New York Film Critics Circle award… More Bio: Paul Schneider grew up in North Carolina and attended the N.C. School of the Arts' School of Filmmaking. He began acting in school projects andgraduated with a degree in Film Editing.In 1999, he and a group of his film-school classmates began work on George Washington. The feature earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination, a New York Film Critics Circle award as Best First Film, and top honors at the Atlanta Film Festival, among others.

Mr. Schneider starred opposite Zooey Deschanel in David Gordon Green'ssecond feature, All the Real Girls, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

His subsequent films as actor include Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown; Thomas Bezucha's The Family Stone; Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Craig Gillespie's Lars and the Real Girl; and Jane Campion's Bright Star.

Mr. Schneider wrote and directed the feature Pretty Bird, which world-premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and which starred Paul Giamatti and Billy Crudup.

He currently stars on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, with AmyPoehler.

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George Washington

Bright Star

Lars and the Real Girl

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Filmography

Beloved (2012)
- Henderson
- 55%
The Babymakers (2012)
- Tommy Macklin
- 8%
The Flowers of War (2011)
- Actor
- 41%
Water for Elephants (2011)
- Charlie
- 61%
Away We Go (2009)
- Courtney
- 67%
Bright Star (2009)
- Charles Armitage Brown
- 83%
Farlanders (2009)
- Actor
Dear Prudence (2008)
- Director
Pretty Bird (2008)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 20%
Behind the Wall (Detras del muro) (2008)
- Director
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
- Gus
- 81%
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
- Dick Liddil
- 76%
Live Free or Die (2006)
- Jeff Lagrand
- 40%
Cries in the Dark (2006)
- Director
How to Lose Your Lover (2006)
- Actor
Love Thy Neighbor (2005)
- Director
The Family Stone (2005)
- Brad Stevenson
- 52%
Elizabethtown (2005)
- Jessie Baylor
- 28%
How to Lose Your Lover (50 Ways to Lose Your Lover) (2004)
- Owen
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004)
- Actor
- 60%
All the Real Girls (2003)
- Paul
- 71%
Big Spender (2003)
- Director
Pleasant Grove (2002)
- Actor
The Retrievers (2001)
- Director
George Washington (2000)
- Actor
- 83%
Lethal Vows (1999)
- Director
Can of Worms (1999)
- Director
You Lucky Dog (1998)
- Director
The Disappearing Act (1998)
- Director
When the Cradle Falls (1997)
- Director
Have You Seen My Son? (1996)
- Director
For the Love of Nancy (1994)
- Director
Honor Thy Father and Mother - The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994)
- Director
Honor Thy Father & Mother: The Menendez Killings (1994)
- Director
Empty Cradle (1993)
- Director
Maid for Each Other (1992)
- Director
The Entertainers (1991)
- Director
How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)
- Director
My Boyfriend's Back (1989)
- Director
14 Going On 30 (1988)
- Director
Wonderworks - Daniel and the Towers
- Director
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - The Guardians
- Screenwriter
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Paul Schneider Videos
                        
Water For Elephants2 minutes 28 seconds

Away We Go2 minutes 30 seconds

Bright Star2 minutes 26 seconds

Lars And The Real Girl2 minutes 22 seconds

The Flowers Of War3 minutes 32 seconds

The Babymakers2 minutes 30 seconds

Pretty Bird2 minutes 38 seconds

Big Spender1 minutes 45 seconds

Les Bien-aimes1 minute

Behind The Wall2 minutes 39 seconds

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