Paul Duddridge is a writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

, theatrical agent, TV producer and TV presenter born in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

 Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 and was educated at Radyr Comprehensive School

Radyr Comprehensive School

Radyr Comprehensive School is a coeducational comprehensive school and Sixth Form college located in Radyr, a suburb of Cardiff, Wales, that opened in 1973. It the current roll is around 1,400 students from ages 11–18, with around 250 in the sixth form....

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As an agent Duddridge represented (among others) Phill Jupitus

Phill Jupitus

Phillip Christopher Jupitus is an English stand-up and improvised comedian, actor, performance poet, musician and podcaster....

, Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon is a BAFTA-nominated Welsh actor, comedian, radio and television presenter, singer and impressionist...

, Alistair Mcgowan

Alistair McGowan

Alistair McGowan is a British impressionist, stand-up comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression , which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes - winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003...

, Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna is an English hypnotist and self-improvement author.McKenna has written and produced books and multimedia products, hosted self-improvement television shows and presents seminars in hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, weight loss and motivation.-Career:Paul McKenna started in...

 and Michael Mcintyre

Michael McIntyre

Michael Hazen James McIntyre is an English stand-up comedian. He is well known for appearing at many British stand-up comedy events and for several roles on television stand-up programmes such as Live at the Apollo and his own show, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow...

. Retiring from theatrical representation in 2007 he moved to the US to write and produce TV and film. He founded Marmont Films in 2007.

Duddridge founded the London based production company "Jones The Film" in 2003. He directed, produced and wrote critically acclaimed television shows such as "Annually Retentive" for the BBC and "Director's Commentary

Director's Commentary

Directors Commentary was a comedy television series created and written by Paul Duddridge and produced by Miles Ross. It was made by Jones The Film for ITV and broadcast in 2004....

" for ITV1. Other credits include two series of "The Keith Barret Show

The Keith Barret Show

The Keith Barret Show is a spoof BBC chat show hosted by Keith Barret who interviews celebrity couples in the hope of finding the secret to a successful marriage . It was devised by Paul Duddridge and co written with Rob Brydon...

, "Keith Barret Live" and "Solidarity".

Paul is currently in pre-production on the feature film "Size Zero" and is now filming the feature documentary "A Film About Races" in Los Angeles.