Paul A. Williams: Directing the Truth — Turning Real Events into Powerful Drama

Paul A. Williams makes dramas, many about things that actually happened, and has become one of the most distinctive voices in British television in the process.Paul A. Williams is a British director and writer known for his genre-bending storytelling and ability to tackle complex, real-life material across film and television, with credits including Bull and Dragonfly.What a fascination with real events brings to dramatic structure that purely fictional storytelling doesn'tWhy father-son dynamics keep appearing throughout his work — and what that recurring preoccupation revealsThe challenges of dramatising the Jean Charles de Menezes incident — and what responsibility that carriesConnect with Paul here:InstagramFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.