Agent: Edward Hughes
Paul Staheli is a screenwriter who began his career in journalism and advertising. His debut feature film Pressure starring Matthew Goode, Joe Cole and Danny Huston was produced by Pinewood Pictures and Bigscope Films. It premiered in the Best Of British strand at the 2015 Glasgow Film Festival and was the Official International Selection at the Dublin Film Festival that same year.
Paul is based in the United States and is currently working on film and television projects at various stages of development on both sides of the Pond.
Film – in development:
NIGHT CARGO Stigma Films
Original comedy horror spec
Richard Van Den Bergh attached to direct
KILLER 10 Thunder Road Pictures/Arclight Films
Wartime action adventure
Phillip Noyce attached to direct
ACCELERATOR Shine Pictures/Newscope Films/Riverstone Pictures
Car chase action thriller
THE TAKE Lion’s Gate Films US
Re-write of New York set heist thriller
DON Q Backlight Productions Ltd./Great Point Media
Modern take on the classic story of Don Quixote
SMOKE & MIRRORS Dan Films
Crime mystery
Ed Fraiman attached to direct
Film – completed and released:
PRESSURE Pinewood Pictures/Bigscope Films
Undersea suspense thriller
Starring Danny Huston, Joe Cole and Matthew Goode
Director: Ron Scalpello
THE NINTH PASSENGER Lionsgate UK/UBA
Script development and rewrites of horror thriller (uncredited)
Starring Jesse Metcalfe
Director: Ian Pfaff
7 GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB Arclight Films
Script development and rewrites of horror thriller
Starring Kelsey Grammer and Bingbing Li
Director: Kimble Rendall
TRIPLE THREAT Arclight Films
Rewrite of martial arts actioner starring Scott Adkins, Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen and Iko Uwais
Director: Jesse V Johnson
LORD OF MISRULE Riverstone Pictures/Bigscope Films
Story development (uncredited)
Horror
Starring Ralph Ineson and Tuppence Middleton
Director: William Brent Bell
DEEP WATER
Story development (uncredited)
Action/adventure
Starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley
Director: Renny Harlin
Film – Spec Scripts:
THIRST
Alien invasion comedy horror
PRO BONO
Hit man comedy thriller
RED MUSTANG
LA-set car chase actioner
OLD COUNTRY
Action thriller set in New York and Italy
CITY OF TREES
Detroit-set character led crime drama
KODIAK
Sci-fi actioner
TRUNK
Contained kidnap thriller
THE DOMINO EFFECT
Conspiracy thriller set in the world of air crash investigation
DEAD MAN’S BLUFF
Survival thriller
MARDI GRAS
US set road movie
HIT MOM
1980s-set action comedy
STEEL MEN
New York-set period drama co-written with Allan Scott.
Television:
DAYTON AND HICKS
Original UK-set detective series (spec)
SAFECRACKER
UK-based heist thriller (spec)
BONDED
US-set bail bondsman thriller pilot (spec)
THE ART OF CRIME
UK-set crime series pilot based on an idea by director Bob Bierman
Miscellaneous:
Paul has UK and Australian passports and has spent time working in Italy, on the Ivory Coast and in Warsaw.
He is currently based in California.