Paul Duddridge (born 30 November 1966) is a writer, comedy agent, producer and director.

Biography

Born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

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Duddridge attended

Radyr Comprehensive School Radyr Comprehensive School () is an 11–18 mixed comprehensive school and sixth form college in Radyr, Cardiff, Wales that was established in 1972. The current roll is around 1,295 students, with around 280 of those in the sixth form. The sch ...

. Duddridge started his career at the

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as writer on the children's game show Run the Risk. As an agent Duddridge represented

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and

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. Duddridge founded the London-based production company "Jones The Film" in 2003. He directed, produced and wrote critically acclaimed television shows " Annually Retentive" for the BBC and "

Director's Commentary An audio commentary is an additional audio track, usually digital, consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, that plays in real time with a video. Commentaries can be serious or entertaining in nature, and can add informatio ...

" for ITV1. Other credit includes " The Keith Barret Show." He is the author of ''Ever Dated a Psycho?'' (2006) Retiring from representation in 2007 he moved to the US to write and produce TV and film. Duddridge wrote and fronted award-winning documentary "A Film About Races." He made his feature directing debut in 2016 with '' Mothers and Daughters''. In 2018, Duddridge's second feature film ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi P ...

'' starring

Peter Bowles Peter Bowles (16 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an English television and stage actor. He gained prominence for television dramas such as '' Callan: A Magnum for Schneider'' and ''I, Claudius''. He is however, best remembered for his roles ...

and

Sylvia Syms Sylvia May Laura Syms (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' (1957), ''Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958), ''No Trees in the Street'' (1959), ''Victim'' (1961), and ''The Tamari ...

was released. It premiered in the UK and is an official Selection for the 2018 British Film Festival in Australia. Currently he is Head of Entertainment at digital network TV4 in Los Angeles.

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