
Person
H. Paul Moon
Directing · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Biography
H. Paul Moon is a filmmaker based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose works concentrate on the performing arts. Films include “Sitka: A Piano Documentary” about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, “Quartet for the End of Time” about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition, and an acclaimed documentary feature about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber that premiered on PBS. Moon has created music videos and concert films for numerous composers ranging from Moondog to Steve Reich, and four opera films set in a community garden. His film “The Passion of Scrooge” was awarded “Critic's Choice” by Opera News as a “thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed” with “first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling.” He also was cinematographer for director Josephine Decker's “First Day Out” in the anthology film “collective:unconscious.” Moon’s films have been screened to live audiences at over two hundred film festivals around the world, with several awards and museum exhibitions. Highlights include works featured in exhibitions at the Nevada Museum of Art, the City Museum of New York and the Corcoran Gallery, PBS television broadcasts, and the Venice Biennale.
Known for

Panorama
Director

Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Director

Beside Myself
Director

By George
Director

Collective: Unconscious
Director of Photography

Quartet for the End of Time
Director

The Passion of Scrooge
Director

America - Walt Whitman
Director

Sitka: A Piano Documentary
Director

György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique For 100 Metronomes
Director
Filmography
- 2024Beside MyselfDirector
- 2024Shadow AxeDirector
- 2023PanoramaDirector
- 2020György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique For 100 MetronomesDirector
- 2020Facing WestDirector of Photography
- 2018The Passion of ScroogeDirector
- 2018America - Walt WhitmanDirector
- 2017Samuel Barber: Absolute BeautyDirector
- 2017Quartet for the End of TimeDirector
- 2016Collective: UnconsciousDirector of Photography
- 2015Sitka: A Piano DocumentaryDirector
- 2012The Saxon New WorldProducer
- —By GeorgeDirector
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