Paul Fahrenkopf
Biography
Paul Fahrenkopf was born in New York, New York to an artist mother and a civil engineer father, who exposed him to New York's culture at an early age and both of whom were active in local community theatre. He was raised in Manhattan and nearby Leonia, New Jersey (whose residents at the time also included Alan Alda, Robert Ludlum, and Anthony Bourdain). While Paul began as a theatre major at American University in Washington, DC, he graduated as a communications major, specializing in television. He is a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Dedication Attendee (uncredited)
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Worshiper
When the citizens of a small evangelical town systematically begin committing suicide, a young girl struggling to reconcile her Christian upbringing with her desire to experience the outside world finds her faith put to the ultimate test.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Robert Stoltz
The son of a schizophrenic mother and abusive father must unravel the mystery of his frightening visions before he succumbs to madness.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as George Birch
When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Kenny
Nothing To Do is the story of 50 something Kenny, an aimless DJ at an oldies station in Philadelphia. He's called to a hospital in Washington D.C., where he's informed that his father Irv, due to many complications, is at the end of his life. Something Irv has kept from his children. It's suggested that Kenny and his father discuss hospice. Kenny's younger sister, a more accomplished person, tries to intervene. She wants to send her father back to the hospital to "get better." Nothing To Do - A story of the family bonds that never die.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Bob
A neglected teen takes refuge in the dreams that used to haunt her and orchestrates a shocking plan to prove her worth to her disapproving parents.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Frank Stewart
A local TV personality leads a team of supernatural investigators, including an exorcist, into the darkest corners of a supposedly haunted house.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Jim Winston
When two micro-brewers screw over the town witch, she curses their latest batch of beer. From that point on, everyone who drinks it suffers a gruesome ironic death. WITCH'S BREW is the fourth feature film from Midnight Crew Studios.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Detective Kurtz
A high school election turns deadly when a homicidal maniac dressed like Abe Lincoln starts killing off candidates.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Frank Stweart
A Christmas special set a year before WNUF Halloween Special
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Finn
An ex-con's plans to retire to Florida with a fortune in stolen money are waylaid after his former boss coaxes him to a remote bed and breakfast to protect the daughter he has never met. A storm traps him and 6 others at a B and B, events turn deadly. These seven seeming strangers discover that their lives are all connected by a tragic murder, from eleven years earlier.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Office Worker
Jack Reade is a mild-mannered academic who finally has a chance to publish his own Great American Novel. But just as he thinks his tome will see print, Pete Willoughby, a smug and influential editor, informs Jack that the book will remain locked in publishing purgatory. After an accident befalls Pete, Jack forges a desperate alliance with Carrie Singer, a disgruntled employee who also happens to be the book’s number-one fan. Together, they concoct an insane scheme to cover up Pete’s death and greenlight the book. Unfortunately, the publishing process is chock full of required approvals, and before long, other denizens of Dennison Publishing begin to fall prey to “accidents.”