Biography

Sometime in his 20s, Paul Bugden began his endevour as an actor in various fields of Australian theater, television and cinema. For him, he was in the middle of a cultural shift in the country as the 1970s saw the revival of the Australian film industry after many decades of inactivity. Once building a career as an actor, Paul would find himself behind the camera, as he made his directorial debut with the indie short film "Adam" in 1975. A monumental film in queer cinema as it was the first Australian movie to center on a gay protagonist as well as be written and directed by an openly gay filmmaker. His themes into queer sexuality would be ...Read More