Paul O'Brien

Paul O’Brien is an award-winning filmmaker and a best selling author from Wexford, Ireland. His Blood Red Turns Dollar Green trilogy of novels have been #1 bestsellers in Canada, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Italy, U.K., Ireland and the U.S. At 18, Paul started out as a playwright where he commissioned or produced by The National Theatre of Ireland, Druid Theatre, Red Kettle Theatre Company, The National Acting School of Ireland and Spare Key Productions in New York. Currently, he has two US TV pilots in development — one based on his Blood Red Turns Dollar Green novels and the other is an original crime/black-comedy he is co-developing with the Sundance Award winning, Barnes Brothers. Staid, Paul’s first feature film which he wrote, produced, edited and directed, premiered at the Audi Dublin Film Festival in 2016 and has gone on to be Officially Selected in Miami Independent Film Festival, Sydney World Film Festival, The Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival and The Galway Film Fleadh. Staid has also won the award for ‘Best Foreign Feature Film’ at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Paul is currently writing WWE Legend and Hall of Famer, Jim Ross’ autobiography, which will be released in 2017. Later this year, Paul’s Blood Red Turns Dollar Green novels will be published by Skyhorse Publishing in New York and are available for pre-order now.