Occupation Film director Books Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Education New York University | Role Filmmaker Name Michael Paxton Movies Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | |
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Born March 29, 1957 (age 67) ( 1957-03-29 ) United States Alma mater University at Albany, SUNY
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Michael Paxton (born Michael Anthony Palumbo; March 29, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is most well known for his feature documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, which received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Feature Documentary of 1997. Paxton currently works for the Ayn Rand Institute.
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- Early life and education
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- Works
- References
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Early life and education
Michael Paxton was born Michael Anthony Palumbo on March 29, 1957 in Kingston, New York.
In 1975, Paxton began attending the University at Albany, SUNY. He graduated in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.
After graduating from college, he attended the Graduate Institute of Film and Television at New York University, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree. Ang Lee also attended the Institute at the time, making the two graduate school classmates. Paxton's graduate thesis film, Forbidden Fruit, won awards for Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the 1988 NYU Film Festival.
Career
In 1989, Paxton co-produced and directed the world premiere of Ayn Rand's play Ideal at the Melrose Theater in Hollywood, and in 1991, he adapted and directed a dramatic presentation of Rand's futuristic novella, Anthem. In 1995, he was the Assistant Director on the live-action/animated feature The Pagemaster for Turner Pictures.
In November 1996, Paxton released the feature documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life. The documentary takes its name from a concept that Ayn Rand developed—a sense of life—which is a "pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence. It sets the nature of a man’s emotional responses and the essence of his character." In 1997, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 69th Academy Awards. It also won the Golden Satellite Award for Best Feature Documentary of 1997.
Paxton also co-produced the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life and was Visual Effects Supervisor on Stuart Little 2. He was the Associate Producer on The Lion King 1½ for Disney, Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows for Miramax, and Smallville Legends: Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton for The CW.
In addition to his film and theater work, Paxton has written four books: Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (The Companion Book) and three children's books for Disney based on classic animated features (Cinderella, The Rescuers Down Under, and The Aristocats).