Paul Davids is an American independent filmmaker and writer, especially in the area of science fiction. Often collaborating with his wife Hollace, Davids has written and directed several films. He has also written episodes for the television series ''

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'' as well as a spin-off of the ''

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'' series with his wife informally known as the ''

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'' series.

Screenwriting

Television

* '' The Transformers'' (1985–1986) * ''

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'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' COPS'' (1988) * '' Transformers: Generation 2'' (1993)

Films

* '' Roswell'' (1994), a documentary about the

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* ''Timothy Leary's Dead'' (1997) * ''Starry Night'' (1999), a film about

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* ''The Sci-Fi Boys'' (2006) documentary called featuring interviews with Forry Ackerman,

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, and many more sci-fi notables. * ''Jesus in India The Movie'' (2008) – a documentary on "American adventurer" Edward T. Martin's quest for the supposed

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and Russian

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's claimed lost ''

Life of Issa Shulim or Nikolai Aleksandrovich Notovich (russian: Николай Александрович Нотович) (August 13, 1858 – after 1916), known in the West as Nicolas Notovitch, was a Crimean Jewish adventurer who claimed to be a Russian ar ...

''.W. Barnes Tatum – Jesus: A Brief History −2009 Page 237 "On the site, there appears the title in English with eye-catching flourishes: Jesus in India.50 Instead of a narrative retelling of the Jesus story, Jesus in India follows the American adventurer Edward T. Martin, from

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, as he searches for the manuscript claimed long ago to have been seen by Nicholas Notovitch at the Hemis monastery, near Tibet. The film represents a cinematic quest for Jesus' missing years. Experts, one of whom is the Dalai Lama, representing a variety of religious and scholarly viewpoints provide appropriate commentary. The viewers visit the tomb in Srinagar, Kashmir, where Jesus was buried, according to the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect.."

References

External links

Paul Davids' official websitePaul Davids UFO
(link broken – July 8, 2010)

at The Thunder Child *
An exchange with Cecil Adams, of "The Straight Dope," on the Roswell Incident
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