Thirty years of grading before the Sphere.
From Power Rangers and Disney television in Santa Monica to New Zealand drama, Oscar entries and festival documentaries, with Baselight suites on four continents along the way. This is the body of work that came before the world's largest screen.
Each bar counts titles by first year of credit. Series that ran across several years are counted once. The gap from 2001 to 2002 is the commercial years at The Syndicate, which IMDb doesn't list.
Three runs worth telling
Power Rangers episodes, from the 1995 movie to Dino Fury
Graded Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie at Digital Magic in 1995, then six full seasons in Auckland, from Samurai through Dino Fury.
episodes of Outrageous Fortune
The flagship New Zealand drama, graded from 2006 until its final season in 2010.
festival launches
White Lies was New Zealand's Oscar entry and screened at TIFF. 25 April premiered at Toronto, and A Mistake premiered at Tribeca.
Hollywood
Telecine and final grades on DaVinci systems in Santa Monica, for features, network television and national commercials.
- The Digital Magic Company, Santa Monica
Colorist on DaVinci Ursa Gold, Diamond, Spirit and Millennium.
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- Cinderella
Final grade on Disney's television musical.
- Species II
- Annie and Geppetto
Two more Disney musicals for network television.
- The Syndicate, Santa Monica
Senior colorist through 2002, grading national commercials including Super Bowl spots.
Auckland
Senior colorist at Images & Sound, leading the color team on features, drama and documentary, and bringing in HDR, UHD and 4K DCP workflows.
- Hard Out
First New Zealand credit, 13 episodes as telecine colorist.
- Outrageous Fortune
83 episodes.
- The Insatiable Moon
- Power Rangers Samurai
The start of six seasons of Power Rangers.
- White Lies
Digital intermediate colorist on Dana Rotberg's film, New Zealand's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
- 25 April
Leanne Pooley's animated Gallipoli documentary, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Hillary
- McLaren
- Why Does Love?
Finalist, Best Post Production Design, 2018 New Zealand Television Awards.
- The Sounds
When lockdown hit mid-grade, Paul finished four episodes from a home Baselight setup.
- Dawn Raid
- A Mistake
Christine Jeffs' drama starring Elizabeth Banks, premiered at the Tribeca Festival.
Worldwide
Alongside the Auckland suite: freelance grading on location and training other colorists on FilmLight's Baselight.
- Baselight trainer and creator of Baselight Tutorials
Demonstrated Baselight for FilmLight at NAB and presented to post houses in Moscow, Los Angeles, Chicago, Melbourne and Sydney.
- Myortvye docheri (Dead Daughters)
A Russian feature, one of the international grades.
- Graded on-site in seven countriesUSARussiaChinaAustraliaIndonesiaTaiwanVietnam
- Trained colorists across Asia-Pacific, Russia and the US
Hong Kong, Sydney, Hollywood, Moscow, Taipei, Los Angeles and New Zealand, plus three week-long programs in Vietnam.
Every credit before Sphere
Then the screen got bigger.
In 2024 Paul left Images & Sound to become the first full-time colorist at Sphere Studios. His first Sphere credit, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere, followed in 2025.