Paul Yates

Paul Francis Sanchez Yates is an American filmmaker, artist, and musician. Yates attended NYU for photography, received a BFA in film from SUNY Purchase in 1993 and received his M.F.A. in directing from AFI Conservatory in 2006. Yates began working in the film industry at age 9. Despite losing his family and becoming homeless at 15, Yates has made music videos or shot footage for Moby, R.E.M., The Dandy Warhols and others. Yates attended NYU for photography, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in film from SUNY Purchase in 1993, and received his MFA in directing from AFI Conservatory in 2006. Yates's films have screened in festivals in Berlin, Havana, Singapore, and Tribeca, among others. Yates was the director of photography on the feature documentary Modulations, which screened at Sundance Film Festival. Yates's first directed feature, Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party was released in ...