Paul VanDevelder

Dogs On the Roof
Author, Photographer (Still), Screenwriter and Translator

Studio City, Los Angeles County, California

Member Since:
August 2016

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About Paul

When not in jail, rehab, or on the lam from bail-bondsmen and process servers in little beachside communities on the Mexican Riviera that cater to Canadian surfers and American trust fund outlaws, Paul has somehow managed to cobble together a spectacular work resume that highlights, among other things, stints as a gandy dancer, a hod carrier, a backstretch groomsman on a larcenous little race track in Tiajuhana, a short order cook in a Chemehuevi chicken shack north of Needles, a postal clerk, a bank teller, a carpenter and dry fly tier, a tuna boat skipper, a guard-dog handler, and a bell-ringer at a drive-thru wedding chapel near Elko, Nevada. He has quit, walked off, been thrown off or fired from or every job he's ever had. His last career counselor was a little blue haired lady with cateye glasses and a turrets-like facial tic that exposed the gum line of her lower dentures when she finally worked up the nerve to broach the awful but unvarnished truth: "For an all-around no-good such as yourself, Mr. VanDevelder, I'm afraid there's only one thing left --and that's the life of a writer."

Paul has written for The New York Times, Nat. Geo Traveller, Audubon, Esquire, Forbes, and American History, among others, and is a regular contributor to the commentary section of the LA Times, the Seattle Times, and High Country News. His book, Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation, was nominated for a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize, and was made into a documentary for PBS. His book, Savages and Scoundrels, The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire through Indian Territory (Yale University Press) won the 2011 Oregon Book Award for Non-fiction. He has written three documentary films, including "Journey to Medicine Wheel" which one Best Picture at the American Indian Film Festival in SanFrancisco. His feature film about the Iran-Contra Affair THE LAST GOOD KISS - is currently in pre-production, Mikael Salomon directing.

Unique traits: Avid road fisherman....sailor...hiker...cyclist...a gringo who grew up in Latin America....fluent in Spanish....

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Weight:
160

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Chin Length

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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THE LAST GOOD KISS Thriller A vortex of corruption and murder entrains a trio of daring journalists when they uncover an international arms trafficking conspiracy - directed by the White House - that morphs into the notorious Iran-Contra Affair.
WILD EYES Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama The spirit of Crazy Horse is reincarnated in the 'urban Indian' soul of Zebulon Brave Raven Yellow Horse - aka Wild Eyes - a gifted Hopi/Shoshone photojournalist in the cutthroat deadline world of daily metro news.

Credits

Journey To Medicine Wheel (1998)
Documentary by Raymond Chavez A 16 year old Crow Indian math whiz has to balance her academic gifts in the white world with her obligations as a princess representing her tribe....