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Paul Hallam has written or co-written numerous screenplays, including A Kind of English (Ruhul Amin), Caught Looking (Constantine Giannaris), Nighthawks, Strip Jack Naked (Ron Peck), and Young Soul Rebels (Isaac Julien). He authored a play titled The Dish, which was performed in London, New York, and Toronto. A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Dish aired in August 1998.
His debut book, The Book of Sodom, was published by Verso. A substantial excerpt appeared in The Postmodern Bible Reader (Blackwell, 2001). As of 2008, he is working on a second book focused on sex and time.
His Briefplay series, exploring prostitute/client relationships, is being presented in various formats, including performance, video, and publication. He is also engaged in Bookmobile, a multidisciplinary art and design research project.
The essay "If You Look at It Long Enough," addressing pornography, was published in The Journal of Homosexuality and later by Harrington Park Press in both hardcover and softcover editions (2004). Another essay, "For the Asking," which discusses the 'promise' of prostitution, appeared in The Journal of Sexuality and Culture in 2006.
Soho, a film by Ron Peck and Paul Hallam, and King's Cross, directed by Kate Boyd and Paul Hallam, are included on the Second Run DVD of Strip Jack Naked (2005). Nighthawks Revisited, a new film directed by Paula Nightingale and presented by Matt Lucas (Little Britain), is featured on the Nighthawks DVD (2005). For DVD details, visit www.secondrundvd.com.
He served as Writer in Residence at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London (1996/7), and continues to teach there as well as at Kingston University.
As of 2008, he splits his time between Istanbul and London, working on new performance and film projects in Istanbul.
