Paul Nordin

Paul Nordin

Cinematographer

Emeryville, California

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About Paul

For Paul Nordin, a varied and accomplished past including being a survivor, Silicon Valley software company executive, outdoor adventurer & photographer, competitive athlete, schooling in photo-journalism, cinematography and computer science, has led back to the place he started: a lifetime passion for filmmaking. Since 1998 Paul has focused his energy and creativity into both a professional career as a Cinematographer, and building artistic community-focused media companies. He provided the initial vision & wherewithal to found the no-holds-barred recording studio & film production company that is El Mundo Bueno Studios (EMBS), and is a partner in the alternative indie-record label Trance Jam Records. With his love for creating compelling images with light and motion, Paul has married a formal background in photography/film, with 12 years of work on music videos, commercials, live music performances, industrials, short and feature-length films both as director and cinematographer to head the film and Imaging activities at EMBS. As a Director of Photography for the last 8 years, Paul has amassed a large body of creative and commercial work including 8 feature films for the San Francisco Bay Area & LA independent film communities, where he fiercely pursues & expands his craft and art of cinematography and telling stories with image.

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  • Life and the Lady

    Life and the Lady (2016)
    Film (short) by Michelantony Dunston (Drama) Cinematographer A woman has fallen into the water and is confronting her fate.

  • The Valley

    The Valley (2016)
    Film by Saila Kariat (Drama) Cinematographer In the aftermath of his daughter's suicide, an Indian American entrepreneur in silicon valley attempts to grapple with his lingering questions and his own life.

  • Adaline

    Adaline (2015)
    Film by Bidisha Chowdhury (Thriller) Cinematographer Struggling artist finds a century old diary and along with the diary comes the ghost of a girl with unfinished business in the mortal world.

  • Outlaws and Patriots

    Outlaws and Patriots (2015)
    Film by Frank Verbeck (Action) Camera and Electrical Department, Editorial department, Visual effects, Editor Based on a true story... When Vietnam veteran Craz returns home to find himself cast aside by the country he vowed to protect, he finds friendship in an unlikely gang of motorcycle enthusiasts. Living the life of an outsider, Craz is once again called upon to serve his country when his biker friends uncover a terrorist plot brewing right in their hometown. Written by EMB Studios

  • August Falls

    August Falls (2015)
    Film by Sam Hancock (Mystery) Cinematographer A late night phone call wakes Anna Ellison from sleep. It's the news every parent dreads: her 20-year-old son, August, has fallen from a high window. A powerful, haunting mystery, August Falls tells the story of one woman's struggle to find the truth behind her son's disturbing death. Traveling to the city where the tragic event occurred, Anna must unravel the surprising circumstances of her son's life as she pieces together the reason for its brutal end. The police, concluding that his fatality was a suicide, offer little solace. Attempting to make sense of the loss of her only child and grappling with feelings of guilt for their estrangement, she takes up in August's old apartment. There she meets Jonas, the building's superintendent. Though guarded at first, Jonas is able to form a tentative bond with Anna, a shared longing for love and company in a world that feels strangely desolate. Soon Anna comes to believe that August's demise was not the suicide the jaded police maintain. ... Written by Sam Hancock

  • After Ever After

    After Ever After (2015)
    Film by Rakesh Kumar (Drama, Family and Romance) Cinematographer All classical stories end with- 'They Lived Happily Ever After'. After Ever After explores what happily ever after really means! Does it mean lot of money? fame? Opulent lifestyle? Our protagonist Nik is trying to explain the meaning of happily ever after to his 9 year old dying daughter. Once an accomplished doctor, now Nik is a troubled soul with Alcohol problem. There is no happily ever after in Nik's life. Nik has a chance encounter with Donnie J- a superstar of his times, but now an Alzheimer patient with most of his memory gone. But there is one thing Donnie J remembers very clearly! When Nik figures out what that is, he understands the true meaning of Happily Ever After. Written by Anonymous

  • For Here or to Go?

    For Here or to Go? (2015)
    Film by Rucha Humnabadkar (Comedy and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his dream alive or prepare to return home forever.

  • Alarmed

    Alarmed (2014)
    Film by Matt Lofgren (Horror and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department Trapped aboard the family yacht, Samantha lives out her personal Hell, night after night, answering to the cruel and painful demands of the ship's alarm system. Taking a journey into the depths of depravity, she wakes each morning to the disfiguring scars left by the previous night's horror and searches for the answer to a missing memory: 'Could I have killed my family... Or did Hell get it wrong?'

  • Being Us

    Being Us (2013)
    Film by Sam Hancock (Drama) Cinematographer When a woman with multiple personality disorder finds herself uncontrollably chasing danger in the form of one-night stands with abusive men, she's ready to end it all. Can a relationship with one good man change her mind? Alanna Ubach (Meet the Fockers, Legally Blonde, Waiting) stars in this gritty exploration of a woman battling dangerous impulses while searching for the love that can bring her back to balance. Margaret lives with dissociative identity disorder, and while she strives to lead a normal life, at night she surrenders to a cycle of compulsive sex and brutal self-punishment. When she meets Walker, a compassionate man with a deep desire to help, the romance she thought would save her threatens to push her over the edge. Can she show her many faces to someone and still believe in love? Written by S. Hancock

  • Andre: The Voice of Wine

    Andre: The Voice of Wine (2013)
    Film by Mark Tchelistcheff (Documentary, Biography and History) Camera and Electrical Department Andre - The Voice of Wine An epic journey of a Russian emigre who changed the world of wine forever. Andre Tchelistcheff, born into a Aristocratic family in Moscow remarkably survived the upheaval of the Russian revolution and the civil war where he was wounded on the frozen Crimean Steppe. Known as the 'Dean of American Wine' his uncompromising passion helped move the wine industry from a virtually moribund state after the repeal of prohibition on to its renaissance. Andre's philosophy about life and his love for wine influenced generations of wine makers throughout the world. A film, a tale, a true story that inspires and moves! Written by Anonymous

  • Kiddy Kiddy Bang Bang

    Kiddy Kiddy Bang Bang (2012)
    Film (short) by Dick Jane (Horror and Thriller) Cinematographer, Editorial department

  • Demon Hunter

    Demon Hunter (2012)
    Film by Rene Perez (Horror) Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department, Editorial department Cosette is a young woman with a big problem. She's cursed. Demons are after her soul. They track and hunt her. And if that isn't enough, a shadowy criminal mastermind is after something only she can get. Her only luck is finding Klaus, a tough as nails reformed enforcer for the mob on a mission to redeem himself using his skills in small arms and hand to hand combat to save her from the soul sucking monsters and waves of commandos launched against her, but he can only delay the inevitable. One day she comes across a Priest who has the answer. The curse she's under can be broken, but only if she finds two talismans, combines them, and sends them back to the netherworld. Unfortunately they also animate two of the fiercest demons hunting her, and must be cut from their dead corpses. Worse, in the wrong hands they can be made to control other demons, and so are a prize for those who wish to wreak havoc on a world they see as undeserving. It ends in a free-for-all in a literal ghost town ... Written by Barry Massoni

  • Get Low

    Get Low (2012)
    Film (short) by Angie Powers (Comedy and Romance) Camera and Electrical Department, Editorial department A woman with debilitating anxiety has 24 hours to find a way to manage her fear before going on a date with the hottest woman she's ever seen.

  • Weeping Lilly

    Weeping Lilly (2012)
    Film (short) by Bidisha Chowdhury (Drama) Cinematographer A Victorian mother struggles to protect her home, children, husband, and sanity from a scheming governess who has a mysterious past and shadowy agenda.

  • The Dead and the Damned

    The Dead and the Damned (2011)
    Video by Rene Perez (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller and Western) Cinematographer A meteor lands in Jamestown California in 1849 during the gold rush. It is found by miners who accidentally release it's spores which turn the population into bloodthirsty mutants.

  • Recipe for Love

    Recipe for Love (2011)
    Film (short) by Chauncey Wales (Drama) Cinematographer

  • Pool Pirates

    Pool Pirates (2011)
    Film (short) by Erikka Innes (Comedy) Cinematographer Shipwrecked pirates can be a lot more trouble than they're worth.

  • Silent Alarm

    Silent Alarm (2011)
    Film by Gerard Mogg (Comedy, Drama and Thriller) Editorial department, Sound department INGREDIENTS One part - Middle-aged writer One part - Over zealous friend/actress One part - Concerned/confused wife One part - Self-absorbed performance artist One part - Struggling singer/stripper One part - Marques De Sade Two parts - Bored socialites Two parts - Bumbling thugs Beat vigorously with an SM Clown Place on high heat and bring to a boil. Recipe for Disaster? Prize Winning Cake? Or Both? You be the judge. Written by Gerard Mogg

  • War Machine

    War Machine (2010)
    Film by Rene Perez (Action and Adventure) Cinematographer A terrorist threat rises from the third world, and its target is the United States of America. A fanatical would-be dictator devises a plan to overthrow the American government. The U.S immediately forms an elite strike force to engage the new terrorist regime before it can and on U.S. soil. Written by Hollywood Wizard

  • Pintauro Road

    Pintauro Road (2010)
    Film (short) by Kevin Sonnichsen (Drama) Cinematographer John and Helen journey home after attending the funeral of Helen's controlling sister only to discover that her influence over them was not buried along with her.

  • Friends and Lovers

    Friends and Lovers (2010)
    Film by Ron Pike (Drama) Cinematographer After a failed relationship with a waitress, a young gay man is challenged by his love for a straight mechanic.

  • I Lie Pretty

    I Lie Pretty (2009)
    Film (short) by Winston Good (Music) Cinematographer

  • The Sublet

    The Sublet (2009)
    Film (short) by Gretchen Olivero Cinematographer An elderly woman's interactions with a mouse, visitors, and some tea incite a series of inadvertent deaths.

  • And Then Came Lola

    And Then Came Lola (2009)
    Film by Megan Siler (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Camera and Electrical Department, Editorial department A talented, but distracted photographer, Lola, on the verge of success in both love and work, could lose it all if she doesn't make it to a crucial meeting on time. But, as usual, Lola is late. With her job and girlfriend on the line, she has three chances to make it right. In a desperate race through the streets and back rooms of San Francisco, time grows short-will Lola make it? Will she come at all? With a pop sensibility that mixes live action, animation and still photography, And Then Came Lola explores love's age old question in a fresh new way, "If you try, try again, will you finally get it right?" Written by M. Siler and E. Seidler

  • Night Fliers

    Night Fliers (2009)
    Film by Sara St. Martin Lynne (Drama and Romance) Editorial department, Sound department When twelve-year old Jesse Hawthorn moves to a rural community with her emotionally distant father and bratty younger sister, she has a hard time trying to adjust in her new town. For starters, she is boyish looking and takes great pleasure in collecting crickets and other assorted insects. Jesse has also attracted the unwanted attention of Brenda Richards, a girl whose personal mission seems to be to complete Jesse's misery by bullying and harassing her. To top it all off, she has just killed yet another one of her good "friends"; a woolly bear caterpillar that she had been keeping inside of a plastic bubble gum container in spite of the warnings from her science teacher, Mr. Jordan. When Jesse reluctantly accepts an invitation to join the lunch table of her sympathetic neighbor Jacob and his two friends Howie and Lucille, she begins her transformative path of self-discovery. Along the way Jesse and Jacob take over an abandoned van, discover punk rock music, and the exhilaration of ... Written by Sara St. Martin Lynne

  • Little Mutinies

    Little Mutinies (2008)
    Film (short) by Elizabeth Stark Cinematographer

  • Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure

    Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure (2008)
    Film by Richard Van Vleet (Comedy) Cinematographer Ryan and Sean get discovered as Internet Celebrities, and are given the opportunity to be in a movie, but meet some wacky situations.

  • Circulation

    Circulation (2008)
    Film by Ryan Harper (Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi and 1 More) Cinematographer The film is about reincarnation and takes place in a purgatory where the dead still have human form and the world around them looks the same as the living world. However, the people living in this purgatory start to develop animal instincts. Gene, a retiree vacationing in Baja, is learning the instincts of a spider through his dreams and stumbles upon a woman who is destined to be reborn as a caterpillar/moth. The film explores a world where human and animal intertwine as one. Written by Ryan Harper

  • My Grief Is My Own

    My Grief Is My Own (2008)
    Film by James Breen (Drama) Cinematographer My Grief is My Own tells the story of Isabella Lopez, a mother struggling with the loss of her only child to a dog attack. The film follows her pattern of grief as she questions her faith and develops a relationship with a "twin" of the dog that killed her son and his owners. Written by Jim Breen

  • Beatific Vision

    Beatific Vision (2008)
    Film by Sountru (Drama) Cinematographer What does Michael (Michael Vega) do when his lover of fourteen, years, Chad, dies from brain cancer? Michael does not have much time to grieve when Chad as an angel immediately comes back to him. Chad has seen Michael's future and now takes it upon himself to guide and nudge Michael along his path. Written by Anonymous

  • The Spirit

    The Spirit (2008)
    Film by Frank Miller (Action, Crime, Fantasy and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

  • Prototype This!

    Prototype This! (2008)
    Television (Reality-TV) Camera and Electrical Department A group of inventors create contraptions to solve life's first-world problems.

  • A Wilderness in Your Heart

    A Wilderness in Your Heart (2007)
    Video by Robin Wyatt Dunn (Drama and Romance) Cinematographer A unique blend of 'Before Sunset,' 'My Dinner with Andre' and 'Lost Highway', Robin Dunn's first feature film "A Wilderness in Your Heart" explores the light and dark sides of passionate love, eros and thanatos, through the trials of a pair of young lovers, Sam and Julia. Written by Anonymous

  • 4u

    4u (2006)
    Film (short) by Ehren Koepf (Horror) Cinematographer A mountain man in a secluded cabin has a long list of people he's been wanting to knock off. If his plan goes accordingly, this will be the last film you'll ever see.

  • YaDaDa Movie

    YaDaDa Movie (2006)
    Film by Peter Ramirez (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department

  • Double Spaced

    Double Spaced (2006)
    Film by Brendan Borrell (Comedy) Sound department For the last nine years, Raymond Carey has been revising his doctoral dissertation on James Joyce. With the new budget crunch, he'll be forced out Berkeley's back door jobless and degree-less unless he can pull through and submit his dissertation by semester's end. Ray's professor, Dr. Hansel, agrees to sign off on the dissertation if Ray employs his powers of seduction to test the devotion of Grace, his mail-order bride. Ray reluctantly agrees but soon finds out Grace is a little more than he can handle. Ray's balancing act careens out of control when he discovers his girlfriend Holly has been seeing a rival graduate student, and Grace finally deserts her husband once and for all. Left alone, Ray and Dr. Hansel may just be able to learn something from each other. . . that is if they don't rip each other's throats open first! Written by Brendan Borrell

  • Filter

    Filter (2006)
    Film (short) by Jason Mitchell (Drama) Sound department Filter is a staunch look at how information is presented through the media and how truth lies beneath. By examining a crime captured on tape, we uncover the real story lies somewhere in the bias.

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