CoMPANY Films Signs Director Paul Fox

Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Fox has signed with CoMPANY for spots and branded content. The announcement was made by Company Films Executive Producers Robin Benson and Richard Goldstein. Fox has helmed the majority of episodes for the comedy Schitt’s Creek, starring Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara. Fox is currently directing the new CBC comedy series, Workin’ Moms, created by and starring Catherine Reitman. 

Fresh Fare

Both Benson and Goldstein loved the comedic touches Fox brought as director of Schitts Creek.  “We find Paul’s work filled with gems, whether the lines and moments are scripted or improvisational,” says Benson. “Paul has a unique ability to bring out the loopiness and warmth of the characters without making them seem eccentric just for the sake of being eccentric. His reel feels free and interesting to us, and we love getting commercials for a director that hasn’t done them before. His “newness” is exciting to us. As for Schitt’s Creek, it’s a masters class in awkward, ironic comedic that finds its way to meaningful places.”

For his part, Fox is looking forward to a new directorial challenge. “Commercials are an area that I wanted to explore, but it had to be through the right company,” he says. Robin and Richard feel my type of direction/storytelling has a “commercial” style that will appeal to clients. CoMPANY also has an enviable track record of taking feature and tv directors and keeping them active in commercial projects.”

Full Range

Fox has an impressive range of award-winning feature films, episodic television and short films to his credit. He graduated New York’s School of Visual Arts, where his student film LAST ROUND UP got an invite from the Sundance Film Festival. His first feature, THE DARK HOURS received numerous awards from festivals in his native Canada and around the world.  His follow up coming-of-age comedy titled, EVERYTHING’s GONE GREEN (written by Generation X author Douglas Coupland) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, receiving rave reviews throughout Canada and the US.

Schitt’s Creek

Continuing his exploration of the comedy genre, Fox has gone on to helm more that half the episodes of Schitts Creek for the CBC. “They’re funny, but they’re also wonderful stories,” he says. Fox won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Program and a Director’s Guild nomination for his work on the show. Fox is also currently in development on several feature projects, including a comedy titled, THE GREAT PERHAPS.