Paul Sirmons

BIO:

Paul Sirmons is a Florida-based Producer with over 40 years experience as a producer, director, production manager and assistant director, and a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).

He's currently the president of ICVM, the International Christian Visual Media Association, a non-profit that produces a networking conference for Christian filmmakers once a year, and produces the Crown Awards that honor the best in indie Christian cinema, now in its 50th year.

He most recently produced the movie 'CHICKASAW RANCHER', a Western set in the 1800s of Oklahoma, and 'TE ATA', a dramatic movie about the legendary Indian storyteller set in the early 1900s. Both movies are currently on NETFLIX. See the TE ATA trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKmrkiFJ6U

He was Florida's State Film Commissioner from 2005-2008, appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush.

Sirmons line-produced 'HOME RUN', a theatrical faith-based movie; ‘TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS’; and the 2011 theatrical movie ‘LETTERS TO GOD'.

In 2015, he served as the Interim Program Chair & Professor of Valencia College's Film Production program in Orlando.

He worked for 20 years as a DGA assistant director on such critically-acclaimed dramatic TV series as ‘Quantum Leap’, SeaQuest’, ‘Falcon Crest’, ‘Our House’ and ‘The Waltons’.

He directed and produced the award-winning family film, ‘THE FIRST OF MAY’, starring Julie Harris, Dan Byrd, Mickey Rooney and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. It won 13 film festival awards, and has been aired on HBO, Cinemax, TBN, and around the world.

Sirmons serves on the advisory boards at two universities: Valencia College’s film program, and Full Sail University’s film program.

He's on the Film Committee for National Religious Broadcasters (NRB).

Printing out copies of Star Trek's Enterprise in the library in dots with thousands of feet of yellow tape and millions of little holes punched in them! Ah, the early computers!