12 Facts About Paul Atherton

Paul Atherton was born on 20 March 1968 and is a London-based filmmaker.

Paul Atherton produced and directed The Ballet of Change, a series of four short films that were projected onto London landmarks.

Paul Atherton grew up in the village of Ystrad Mynach in South Wales.

Paul Atherton left home at 15, when he spent time in children's homes, and at 16 set up home on his own against the wishes of Social Services and started work on a Youth Training Scheme in Howells.

Paul Atherton was appointed the Welsh Young Conservatives Press Officer later that year and focused on addressing the issues of homelessness with a programme working with Sixth Forms in schools in Cardiff.

In 2002, Paul Atherton got his start in filmmaking with a four-week apprenticeship at British cookery channel UK Food and UK Style.

Paul Atherton set up his own production company Simple TV Production in 2004.

Paul Atherton got permission to premiere each films at the landmark in question.

Paul Atherton said that his purpose in creating the films was to make available to a wider audience the images hidden in archives, so that more people could engage with London's history.

In 2009 Paul Atherton produced the short film Colour Blind 2009 directed by Amanda Baker which premiered at the British Urban Film Festival the same year.

In 2016 Paul Atherton's video-diary, tracking sixteen years of his son's visits from his home in South Wales to see him in London, was edited down from over 300 hours of footage to a 77-minute film.

Paul Atherton suffers from the disability Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which has required him to use a wheelchair.