Biographie
Paul Raschid is a British screenwriter-director. His past projects have received a BAFTA Scotland win and a BAFTA Cymru nomination, as well as numerous high-profile film festival selections around the world.
In 2015, Paul's first produced screenplay was teen supernatural thriller; 'Unhallowed Ground'. It received awards at the London Independent Film Festival and the British Independent Film Festival. This was soon followed by his directorial debut with supernatural-psychological horror; 'Winterstoke House'.
Paul's second feature as a writer-director was 'White Chamber', which was shot in 12.5 days. In 2018, the sci-fi thriller/horror/drama played 10 film festivals around the world including Edinburgh, Sitges, Frightfest, Mumbai, BIFAN and Brussels. Lead actress Shauna Macdonald received the BAFTA Scotland Best Actress award for her tour-de-force performance. Between August 2019 and February 2021, the film was available to stream on Netflix in the UK, USA, Canada, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
In 2019, Paul began working in the interactive film format. His third project as director, 'The Complex', a sci-fi interactive feature film/ FMV video game, released in 2020 on all major gaming platforms. Penned by Lynn Renee Maxcy, it stars Michelle Mylett, Kate Dickie and Al Weaver. It was produced by John Giwa-Amu and Jade Alexander.
In 2020, Paul wrote and directed 'Five Dates', a romantic-comedy interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It was being made entirely remotely during the UK's national lockdown due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. It stars an ensemble cast including Mandip Gill (Doctor Who), Georgia Hirst (Vikings) and Marisa Abela (Industry). The film would go onto receive a BAFTA Cymru nomination in the Feature Film category.
In 2021, Paul wrote and directed 'The Gallery', a hostage-thriller interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It contains two narratives - the viewer must choose between a female protagonist (whose narrative is set in 1981 London) or a male protagonist (whose narrative is set in 2021 London). The cast is headlined by Anna Popplewell (Chronicles Of Narnia) and George Blagden (Versailles), who interchange roles as both protagonist and antagonist across the two narratives. It released in 2022 across all major gaming platforms and was an Official Selection at the Dinard Film Festival where it was exhibited as a unique interactive cinema experience.
In 2022, Paul wrote and directed 'Ten Dates' (sequel to 'Five Dates'), a romantic-comedy interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It stars an ensemble cast including Rosie Day (Outlander), Sagar Radia (Industry) and Meaghan Martin (Camp Rock). It released across all major gaming platforms on Valentine's Day 2023.
In 2023 and 2024, Paul wrote and directed two further interactive feature film/ FMV video games. This first was 'Hello Stranger'; a psychological horror-thriller which blended deeper game mechanics with the cinematic story-telling. It featured a strong cast including George Blagden, Danny Griffin (Fate: The Winx Saga), Laura Whitmore (Queenie), Kulvinder Ghir (Foundation), Yasmin Finney (Heartsopper) and Sir Derek Jacobi (Gladiator). The second was 'The Run'; a survival horror-thriller about a fitness influencer being pursued in the Italian mountains by masked killers. The cast includes Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), George Blagden, Franco Nero (Django) and Dario Argento.
Both 'Hello Stranger' and 'The Run' released in 2025 following film festival selections including Dinard Film Festival, Red Sea Film Festival, BIFFF and Raindance Film Festival.
In 2026, Paul's latest directorial outing will be crime comedy-thriller 'White Tide' - his first traditional feature film in 8 years. The cast includes Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters), Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick 2), Marco Palvetti (Gomorrah) and Nikesh Patel (Starstruck).
