Paul Golding

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Paul Golding

Paul Golding studied film at USC alongside George Lucas, with whom he made some of his earliest shorts. An employee of Haskell Wexler’s Dove Film commercial company, Paul was asked by Haskell to edit Medium Cool. He won a WGA award for The Secret of Lost Valley (1980), co-wrote Beat Street (1984), and wrote and directed Pulse (1988).

Known For

Medium CoolMedium Cool · 1969
Medium Cool
6.71969
MovieDrama
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
PulsePulse · 1988
Pulse
5.21988
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
An intelligent pulse of electricity moves from house to house, terrorizing occupants through their own appliances. Having already destroyed one household in a quiet neighborhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy and his divorced father.
Beat StreetBeat Street · 1984
Beat Street
6.91984
MovieDramaMusic
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
The EmperorThe Emperor · 1967
The Emperor
7.01967
MovieMusicDocumentary
Comments on the background and popularity of disc jockey "Emperor" Bob Hudson, who bases his shows on the idea that radio is a fantasy.
HerbieHerbie · 1966
Herbie
6.91966
MovieMusic
Herbie is a short 16mm black and white film by George Lucas and Paul Golding made in 1966 as part of their USC film school course. It is an abstract film with no story and no actors, that graphically depicts the reflections of moving light streaks and light flashes from traffic at night. It is set to a piece of jazz music by Herbie Hancock, whose first name was used for the title.
The Secret of Lost ValleyThe Secret of Lost Valley · 1980
The Secret of Lost Valley
1980
MovieAdventureDrama
While on a family outing, a boy, Adam, gets lost in the forest and discovers a wild boy there. Communicating by sign language, they become friends. When the wild boy is captured by scientists, Adam helps him escape.
anyone lived in a pretty [how] townanyone lived in a pretty [how] town · 1967
anyone lived in a pretty [how] town
5.41967
MovieMusic
A visual interpretation of the poem by E.E. Cummings about the life cycle of a townspeople and of one ignored couple.
WipeoutWipeout · 1965
Wipeout
1965
Movie
A student film by Paul Golding, with help from George Lucas, set to a song by the Surfaris. Very similar to Lucas's own short Look at Life (1965).

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