Paul Wesley - Paul's Filmography #9: Because he is so proud of both Before I Disappear and his directional debut

**dbn** · 03-30-2014, 10:02 AM

Paul Wesley's Filmography. II

Before I Disappear (2014) formerly known as "The Long Goodnight" aka "Curfew" Facebook - Twitter
Gideon

Sam and Amira (2014)

Charlie

PSA for #LetGirlsLearn (2014)
Himself

Producing

Norman (2010)

Associate producer: Paul Wesley

Before I Disappear (2014)
Producer: Paul Wesley

Directing

The Vampire Diaries episode 5*18 (2014)

PSA for Welcome.us (2014)

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tee_ph · 03-30-2014, 11:52 AM

Paul Wesley's Filmography. I

TV commercials for Youth Smoking Prevention (1999)

video here

Another World (TV series)

Sean McKinnon
– Episode dated 25 June 1999 (1999) … Sean McKinnon (as Paul Wasilewski)

Guiding Light" (6 episodes )
... aka "The Guiding Light" - USA (original title)

Episode dated 6 July 1999 (6 July 1999) - Max Nickerson #2 (as Paul Wasilewski)
Episode dated 9 November 1999 (9 November 1999) - Max Nickerson #2 (as Paul Wasilewski)
Episode dated 28 February 2000 (28 February 2000) - Max Nickerson #2 (as Paul Wasilewski)
Episode dated 6 March 2000 (6 March 2000) - Max Nickerson #2 (as Paul Wasilewski)
Episode dated 24 March 2000 (24 March 2000) - Max Nickerson #2 (as Paul Wasilewski)
Episode #1.13376 (27 March 2000) - Max Nickerson #2 (as Paul Wasilewski)

Wolf Lake (9 episodes)

Unaired Pilot (1 January 2001) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Meat the Parents (19 September 2001) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
The Changing (26 September 2001) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Soup to Nuts (3 October 2001) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Tastes Like Chicken (10 October 2001) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Excitable Boy (24 October 2001) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Four Feet Under (10 April 2002) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Leader of the Pack (17 April 2002) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Legend of Lost Lenore (24 April 2002) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
If These Wolves Could Talk (1 May 2002) - Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)

Shot in the Heart (2001 TV movie)

Gary (Age 15-22) (as Paul Wasilewski)

Young Arthur (2002 TV movie)
Lancelot (as Paul Wasilewski)

The Education of Max Bickford (TV series)

Craig
– One More Time (2002) … Craig (as Paul Wasilewski)

Minority Report (2002)
Nathan with Bicycle (uncredited)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)

Luke Miller
– Malignant (2002) … Luke Miller (as Paul Wasilewski)

The Edge (2003 TV movie) (as Paul Wasilewski)

Smallville

– Prodigal (2003) … Lucas Luthor

The O.C.

– The Outsider (2003) … Donnie

The Last Run (2004)

Seth (as Paul Wasilewski)
Video here

8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter

– Opposites Attract: Part 3: Night of the Locust (2004) … Damian
– Premiere (2003) … Damian

CSI: Miami

– Legal (2004) … Jack Warner Bradford
Video here

"American Dreams" (11 episodes )
... aka "Our Generation" - Australia, USA (working title)

New Frontier (13 October 2002) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
Pryor Knowledge (20 October 2002) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
The Fighting Irish (27 October 2002) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
Cold Snap (10 November 2002) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
Black and White (17 November 2002) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
The Pursuit of Happiness (3 February 2003) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
Where the Boys Are (30 March 2003) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
The Carpetbaggers (6 April 2003) - Tommy DeFelice (as Paul Wasilewski)
Home Again (2 January 2005) - Tommy DeFelice
Truth Be Told (9 January 2005) - Tommy DeFelice
For Richer, for Poorer (23 January 2005) - Tommy DeFelice

Roll Bounce (2005)

Troy

CSI: NY

– Grand Murder at Central Station (2005) … Steve Samprass
Video here

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
– Ripped (2005) … Luke Breslin

Video here
– Wrong Is Right (2000) … Danny Burrell

Cloud 9 (2006)

Jackson Fargo

Lenexa, 1 Mile (2006)
aka Full Count

Rick Lausier

Crossing Jordan

– Thin Ice (2006) … Quentin Baker

Peaceful Warrior (2006)

Trevor

Cane

– One Man Is an Island (2007) … Nick
– Brotherhood (2007) … Nick
– Family Business (2007) … Nick

Shark

– Shaun of the Dead (2007) … Justin Bishop

Russell Girl (2008)

Evan Caroll
Videos here

Cold Case

– Bad Reputation (2008) … Petey Murphy '08
Video here

Elsewhere (2009)

Billy
Video here

Army Wives

– Best Laid Plans (2009) … PFC Logan Atwater
– Last Minute Changes (2008) … PFC Logan Atwater
– Departures, Arrivals (2008) … PFC Logan Atwater
– All in the Family (2008) … Logan Atwater
– Transitions (2008) … PFC Logan Atwater

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– Day 8: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (2010) … Stephen
– Day 8: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (2010) … Stephen
– Day 7: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2009) … Stephen
– Day 7: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. (2009) … Stephen

Beneath the Blue (2010)

Craig Morrison
Thread here

Killer Movie (2008)

Jake Tanner
Thread here

Everwood (2003-2004)

Tommy Callahan
Thread here

Fallen (2006 TV movie)

Aaron Corbett
Thread here

The Baytown Outlaws (2012)

Anthony Reese

tee_ph · 03-31-2014, 08:12 AM

Before I Disappear won an award in teh Vail Film Festival!

**dbn** · 03-31-2014, 09:37 AM

Ye Paul tweeted about it

tee_ph · 04-01-2014, 08:23 AM

Vail Film Festival Review: Before I Disappear

Written and Directed by Shawn Christensen

Cast: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Emmy Rossum, Paul Wesley, Ron Perlman, Richard Schiff

Suicide and comedy usually don’t mix – or at least doesn’t go over very well with audiences. To be fair, it is a very serious, controversial, and often tragic subject, but sometimes the only way you can properly examine and express the nature of something that serious is through laughter. Very few filmmakers dare to tackle the subject at all, even fewer decide to make comedies about it, and fewer still pull it off in any sort of effective way. Writer/director/actor Shawn Christensen has made a beautiful, poignant, and deeply funny movie about depression, suicide, family, making mistakes, and opening your heart to those around you.

Before I Disappear follows the various unsuccessful and interrupted suicide attempts of an ex-junkie named Richie during his last night on earth, each time leaving a new draft of a suicide note for his departed true love Vista. Just as he slits his wrists and gets into the bathtub, the phone rings. His sister Maggie, whom he hasn’t spoken to in years, desperately asks him to pick up her daughter Sophia from school. Richie hesitantly agrees and bandages his wounds to meet his niece. From that point on, Richie and Sophia are on a journey of discovery about themselves and each other. Richie comes to care for Sophia, making him question his decision to kill himself. Meanwhile, Richie is embroiled in an underworld cover up that plagues his conscience, Maggie is facing some trouble over an affair with a married man, and the insanely gifted and driven Sophia has a test at 8:22AM the next morning.

The first thing I thought of when I started watching When I Disappear was Buster Keaton’s comedy short Hard Luck (1921) where a destitute Buster spends the first half of the film trying unsuccessfully to commit suicide. The movie ends with him instead finding a family (although in a rather fantastical way). I didn’t think much of it until later when Richie’s boss throws a private party where they are screening Buster Keaton’s The General. I find it unlikely that this is a coincidence given Christensen’s decision to approach Richie’s suicide attempts comedically and in such a similar way. Keaton had a taste for the ironic in his films and it is clear that Christensen appreciates a good dose of irony himself. Before I Disappear is darkly and beautifully funny, often strikingly surreal, and deeply touching. It is the perfect storm of elements that come together to make this a blazingly unique film that hits all the right notes. Christensen knows, as did Keaton, that comedy both enhances and soothes tragedy and that it intensifies pathos.

And while some directors might hesitate to cast themselves in the lead role of their own movie, Shawn Christensen is absolutely the perfect choice to play Richie. I honestly couldn’t imagine anyone else nailing the timing, mannerisms, behavior, and mood of Richie quite like Christensen does. And it would be hard to imagine anyone else having quite the same complex chemistry with Fatima Ptacek’s Sophia either. As for Ptacek, she is a real discovery as the serious minded, over-disciplined, wickedly smart Sophia. She is mature beyond her years, and yet there is something of Richie in her that draws them both together. Before I Disappear is a truly wonderful film that proves that there are still fresh ideas and unique voices in the film industry, and here’s hoping Christensen continues to add his to the mix.

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**dbn** · 04-01-2014, 09:29 AM

I really like this part

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Before I Disappear is a truly wonderful film that proves that there are still fresh ideas and unique voices in the film industry, and here’s hoping Christensen continues to add his to the mix.

tee_ph · 04-01-2014, 08:59 PM

I laugh when everyone has adult problems and Sophia's problem is that she has a test tomorrow.

**dbn** · 04-04-2014, 12:32 PM

I want to hear so much more about Paul directing!

tee_ph · 04-05-2014, 12:26 PM

I want to watch the movie.

**dbn** · 04-05-2014, 12:32 PM

Me too

Raguoc · 04-06-2014, 06:19 AM

Do you guys think Paul will do any movies this summer, and if so, will he be acting, producing or directing?

**dbn** · 04-06-2014, 09:32 AM

I think he will work with that mysterious friend of his with their production company

tee_ph · 04-06-2014, 05:13 PM

yeah, i think he will be working behind the scene this summer!

Raguoc · 04-06-2014, 09:16 PM

So he gets a break from being on-screen.

tee_ph · 04-07-2014, 08:06 PM

Before I Disappear won best cinematography in Ashland Film Festival I think. I tweeted about it.

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