Freed, Paul

Paul Freed, an independent film Editor, Producer, and Director, began his early film career in 1971, which consisted of producing and editing advertising campaigns for feature films, including: Prince of the City, Flashdance, 48 Hours, Shoot the Moon, Streets of Fire and Semi-Tough. He was the film editor for both feature films and TV movies, including Shakedown and Rude Awakening, also supervising sound and music for the projects. Paul's company, Harvest Productions, produced The Making of Tootsie for Columbia Pictures, which won an International Cine Award. More recently, Paul directed Martin Scorcese, introducing four restored film noir classics, shown at the Venice Film Festival. Last year, Paul taught film editing at the Media Arts and Design School of Drexel University in Philadelphia and is finishing his first book, a fictional memoir, titled Rays in Hell.