Director/Writer, Moon Media
Paul Fuentes has directed hundreds of national commercials for major brands and broadcast networks. A former HBO Creative Director, Paul is recognized for his award-winning live action comedy commercials as well as concept driven film and television design. Paul has directed a wide range of spots for clients including VISA, SONY, AT&T, POST CEREALS, NIKON, CLOROX, KRAFT, MCDONALDS, SPRITE, and MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7.
Paul has written, designed and directed network promotions for HBO, ESPN, LIFETIME, NBC, and CBS as well as writing & directing new media pieces for SHOWTIME, LAWYERS.COM, and WOLTERS-KLUYWER.
Paul's work has garnered CLIO Gold and silver recognition as well as awards from the Art Directors Club (NY and LA), Communication Arts awards, International Film and Television Awards, Belding Awards (Best Entertainment for HBO Boxing, a campaign he wrote and directed), and Best of Show and Gold awards from The Broadcast Designers Association and BPME. A Nikon commercial Paul co-created and directed was voted "Top 5" Spot of the Year by Adweek. His now classic Cinemax "Movie Clichés" won Best of Show at the Broadcast Designers Association.
Paul is a cum laude graduate of Temple University's Tyler School of Art where he earned his B.F.A. in Communication Design. His designs and illustrations have appeared national publications including the New York Times. Paul also studied drama at the Stella Adler Conservatory and with Irene Moore (Sonia Moore Studios). He appeared in many plays in New York and toured Russia in a production of Tennessee Williams' "27 Wagons Full of Cotton."
As HBO Creative Director Paul created and supervised the on-air brands of HBO & CINEMAX designing and directing award-winning campaigns, show opens, and network I.D's. After directing a documentary for Paul Newman's Hole-In-the-Wall-Gang Camp, Paul was invited to join the Director/Observer Unit of The Actors Studio in NY. There, he continues to hone his directorial craft by studying the best acting and directing talent in the world.
After six years, Paul left HBO and signed with Robert Greenberg's company R/GA Live. At R/GA he directed several national spots and campaigns for brands including TWIX, SPORTS AUTHORITY, and NIKON. He also co-created and directed the CBS Fall Campaign, an award-winning all-star lineup of stars promoting their shows, as well as The CBS Winter Olympics campaign.
After R/GA, Paul formed Huge, his own NY production company and a satellite of Screen Gems, New York. There he directed national spots and campaigns for brands including YOPLAIT, DISNEY, DOMINOS, MEAD, PARAMOUNT, and TACO BELL. He directed a 20 spot campaign for GLAD WRAP as well as long-running campaigns for SONIC restaurants and POST cereals.
Paul recently co-wrote and directed a campaign for SONY TV starring Peyton Manning as well as directing SHOWTIME promotions for "WEEDS" and "EPISODES," a new series starring Matt LeBlanc. He wrote and sold a branded entertainment series, "See Spot Run," to TV Land and continues to create and develop branded entertainment and original content. His most recent show, "GIVE IT UP," a reality series, was optioned in May 2009 by VIN Di BONA PRODUCTIONS.
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