
Born
in
Cape
Town,
South
Africa
in
1970
to
André &
Joan
(and
older
brothers
Henri-Jacques
and
Francois),
Paul
André
Blom
grew
up
with
a
love
of
movies
and
music.
This
led
to
him
developing
a
drive
to
not
only
absorb
as
much
of
it
as
possible,
but
also
to
create
it
himself.
After
graduating
with
a
B.A.
Degree
from
Stellenbosch
University
in
the
early
'90s,
Paul
attended
film
school.
From
there
he
has
been
on
the
independent
route
ever
since.
From
the
late
1980s
he's
been:
>
involved
with
various
bands
and
personal
musical
projects, incl. V.O.D / Terminatryx / F8 / K.O.B.U.S.
/
The Makabra Ensemble / Isobel,
compiling
the
historic
Kopskoot!
album, executive producer on Ingrid Jonker tribute compilation ;
> created
&
run
several
film
festivals
(South
African
HorrorFest / Sound On Screen / Celludroid / The
X
Fest / Daring Doccies / Cinemaniacs) ;
> has
been
a
bilingual
entertainment
journalist
covering
movies,
music
&
gaming
since
1997
-
published in
local
magazines
(incl. SL,
Stage,
Top
Forty, Muse, LMG, Something Wicked, BPM, Screen Africa)
&
syndicated
newspapers
and supplements (incl. The
Star, The
Argus,
Die
Burger,
Son, JIP, Sunday Life),
to
international
publications
(incl. Fangoria
Magazine - USA and Devolution - UK), and on-line locations like ComingSoon.net (USA), Mahala etc. ;
> cinema and home entertainment promotion via all these channels ;
> makes
movies / music videos
(incl.
production
/
directing
/
editing) ;
> created,
designed
&
run
several
websites
(incl. Flamedrop.com / ShadowRealm
Inc.) ;
> been
involved
with
collaborative
photographic
projects
(Desert
Storm / Beautiful
People) ;
> created Flamedrop
Productions in
2000
to
encompass
all
of
these
and
forthcoming
activities ;
> created The Horrorfest YouTube channel
;
> currently in production on the ALTERnatives music documentaries, three movies telling the story of South Africa's alternative music scene ;
> TEFL certified
Paul
lives
in
Cape
Town
with
his
wife
and
collaborator
Sonja
Ruppersberg,
and their two chihuhahuas.
(scroll down for various on-line
links
and music videos) |