Paul Guay
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Paul Guay is a writer, actor, director, teacher, script consultant, speaker, and workshop leader whose movies have grossed over half a billion dollars.
He conceived and co-wrote Liar Liar (1997), at the time of its release the sixth-highest-grossing comedy in history, the fourth-highest-grossing film of the year, the second-highest-grossing film of Jim Carrey's career, and Imagine's highest-grossing film ever.
The screenplay received an Honorable Mention (along with Fargo (1996), Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Full Monty (1997) and Catch Me If You Can (2002)) in Scr(i)pt magazine's list of the Best Scripts of the Past 10 Years.
William C. Martell published Secrets of Story: Liar, Liar, a step-by-step guide to solving screenwriting problems using Liar, Liar as a model.
Paul co-wrote The Little Rascals (1994), Universal's second-highest-grossing film of the year.
He co-wrote Heartbreakers (2001), starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman and Jason Lee, which opened #1 at the box office, and the rights to which he co-licensed to MGM for production as a stage musical.
Paul polished The NeverEnding Story (1984), the beloved children's fantasy which spawned two sequels, two TV series, three computer games, a stage play, a ballet, and an opera, and co-polished Mousehunt (1997), the highest-grossing of DreamWorks' first five films, nominated for a Saturn Award.
He began his career in the entertainment industry in marketing, advertising and publicity, where his clients included Buena Vista, Carolco, Columbia, Daily Variety, Fox Broadcasting Company, Morgan Creek, William Morris, NBC, New Line, Playboy, TriStar, Twentieth Century Fox, United Artists, Warner Bros., Michael Jackson and Madonna.
Paul graduated from Pomona College with a double major in English and philosophy, figuring if the career in writing didn't work out, he always had philosophy to fall back on.
Current/Upcoming Projects:
Paul co-wrote Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a rock 'n' roll comedy-drama based on a remarkable true story, which has been bought for production in 2022. He is attached as Executive Producer.
Paul is co-writing "The [Redacted] [Redacted]," a crime comedy inspired by an outrageous true story that fascinated and entertained people around the world.
After directing the most successful comedy (or for that matter, drama) in the 75-year history of Santa Monica's Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Paul made his movie-directing debut with three short comedy films he wrote: The Godfather (2023), The Vampyre (2023), and Who Guardeth the Guards (2023). The films will be released in 2023.
Paul's Script Consultant website: ScreenMasterBooks.com/Analysis/PaulGuay.html.
He conceived and co-wrote Liar Liar (1997), at the time of its release the sixth-highest-grossing comedy in history, the fourth-highest-grossing film of the year, the second-highest-grossing film of Jim Carrey's career, and Imagine's highest-grossing film ever.
The screenplay received an Honorable Mention (along with Fargo (1996), Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Full Monty (1997) and Catch Me If You Can (2002)) in Scr(i)pt magazine's list of the Best Scripts of the Past 10 Years.
William C. Martell published Secrets of Story: Liar, Liar, a step-by-step guide to solving screenwriting problems using Liar, Liar as a model.
Paul co-wrote The Little Rascals (1994), Universal's second-highest-grossing film of the year.
He co-wrote Heartbreakers (2001), starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman and Jason Lee, which opened #1 at the box office, and the rights to which he co-licensed to MGM for production as a stage musical.
Paul polished The NeverEnding Story (1984), the beloved children's fantasy which spawned two sequels, two TV series, three computer games, a stage play, a ballet, and an opera, and co-polished Mousehunt (1997), the highest-grossing of DreamWorks' first five films, nominated for a Saturn Award.
He began his career in the entertainment industry in marketing, advertising and publicity, where his clients included Buena Vista, Carolco, Columbia, Daily Variety, Fox Broadcasting Company, Morgan Creek, William Morris, NBC, New Line, Playboy, TriStar, Twentieth Century Fox, United Artists, Warner Bros., Michael Jackson and Madonna.
Paul graduated from Pomona College with a double major in English and philosophy, figuring if the career in writing didn't work out, he always had philosophy to fall back on.
Current/Upcoming Projects:
Paul co-wrote Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a rock 'n' roll comedy-drama based on a remarkable true story, which has been bought for production in 2022. He is attached as Executive Producer.
Paul is co-writing "The [Redacted] [Redacted]," a crime comedy inspired by an outrageous true story that fascinated and entertained people around the world.
After directing the most successful comedy (or for that matter, drama) in the 75-year history of Santa Monica's Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Paul made his movie-directing debut with three short comedy films he wrote: The Godfather (2023), The Vampyre (2023), and Who Guardeth the Guards (2023). The films will be released in 2023.
Paul's Script Consultant website: ScreenMasterBooks.com/Analysis/PaulGuay.html.
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