15 Facts About Paul Heller

Paul Heller was an American film producer residing in Southern California.

Paul Heller's best known movies include Enter the Dragon, Withnail and I, My Left Foot, The Annihilation of Fish, Skin Game, Hot Potato, The Promise, The Barony, Black Belt Jones, and David and Lisa.

Paul Heller was the executive producer of 1990's Oscar winner My Left Foot, which earned five Academy Award nominations and Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

Paul Heller produced the first made-for-cable feature film, titled Falcon's Gold, and then Showtime's Pygmalion, starring Peter O'Toole and Margot Kidder.

Paul Heller was approached by the American Film Institute to develop a producing program for their new school in Los Angeles, the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Studies.

Paul Heller previously taught at New York University and Columbia University as well as founded the Community Film Workshop Council with the American Film Institute.

Paul Heller headed the education and outreach committee of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Los Angeles.

In 1989, Paul Heller founded ASK Theatre, a nonprofit group dedicated to new plays and playwrights, which works together with the Mark Taper Theatre in Los Angeles, The Royal Court Theatre in London and Lincoln Center in New York.

Paul Heller was a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and served on the board of directors of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as well as on the board of the Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation.

Paul Heller was a member of the United Scenic Artists, the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild.

In October 2010, Paul Heller made an opening remark for the Koyamada International Foundation's United States Martial Arts Festival with his friend Shin Koyamada at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center in Redondo Beach, California.

Paul Heller served on the board of directors of the Koyamada Foundation.

Paul Heller was a pioneer in the field of multimedia and theatrical presentations.

Paul Heller's productions include The New York Experience, which played for 16 years at Rockefeller Center, and The South Street Venture, an attraction for seven years at the Dockland of New York City.

Paul Heller completed the audiovisual and multimedia exhibits for the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.