Paul McHugh (born 12 July 1967, Darwen) is a former English track sprint cyclist, 14 times British track champion, and winner of 2 World Series. On retiring from the sport in 1995, McHugh began a career directing and producing Visual Effects. After serving 7 years as Animation Director in the games industry at Acclaim, Sony Psynosis and Rage Software, he launched his own VFX company, Carbon Digital.

Sprint cyclist

From an early age, he competed at international level for his country, winning 14 British titles in just 10 years. He remains the only track cyclist to have won both the Junior and Senior National Sprint title in the same year, (

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

), achieved at just 17 years of age. He rode for clubs including: Kirkby Cycling Club, Mersey Road Club and Manchester Wheelers, and began riding for the British team in 1984. Paul was talent spotted by Eddie Soens when he was just 15. Eddie Soens coached Paul throughout his career, seeing him win several British titles. He represented Great Britain at the World Championships, Grand Prix of London (won 3 times: 1987, 1988, 1989), Grand Prix Leicester (1984, 1986) and won 14 National Championship titles from 1984 to 1994. Paul turned professional in 1989, riding for Pirelli. He represented

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

in the 1,000 metres match sprint, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Palmarès

;

British National Individual Sprint Championships The British National Individual Sprint Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling ...

:1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992 ;

British National Keirin Championships The British National Keirin Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federatio ...

:1989, 1992, 1994

Visual effects director

Paul has directed commercials, films and Visual effects including: * Cirro TVC, Ten Motives (Live action / VFX) * Little Big Planet 3, Sony Computer Entertainment (Live action / VFX) * Babybel World Cup, RKCR/Y&R (Live action / VFX) * Babybel Christmas, (Live action / VFX) * The Car That Would Drive On The Ceiling, Formula 1, BBC Sport (Live action / VFX) * Race Tactics, Formula 1, BBC Learning (Live action / VFX) * Cost of a Crash with Eddie Jordan, (Live action / VFX) * Sacred Wonders of Britain, BBC * Moshi Monsters, Katsuma Unleashed, (Animation / VFX) * The Specialists TVC, CSL (Live action / VFX) * Audi A7, BBH (VFX) * J20, BBH (VFX) * SpinPalace TVC (Live action / VFX) * Spin and Win TVC (Live action / VFX) * St.Stephens TVC, Baber Smith (Live action / VFX) * Unilever Domestos Germ World, for DKLW Lowe (Live action / VFX)

References

External links

Carbon Digital
{{DEFAULTSORT:McHugh, Paul Living people 1967 births English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England