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Paul Coyne
Born (1964-07-01) July 1, 1964 (age 59)
Fitchburg State College
Occupation(s)Film and television producer and editor
SpouseElaine Hehir (1989–1994) her death,
Websitehttp://www.coyneoperated.com/

Paul J. Coyne (born July 1, 1964) is an American film and television editor and producer.

Early life

Coyne grew up in

Super-8 films.[1] His childhood friend, Mark Cicciu, worked as a theater usher, allowing Coyne to repeatedly watch movies free of charge, furthering his interest in films.[1] It was not until high school, when viewing John Ford's "Drums Along the Mohawk," that Coyne realized he wanted to become a filmmaker.[1] Coyne graduated from Milford High School in 1982, and given his penchant for drawing, he was voted "Most Artistic" by his graduating class.[1] He returned to Milford High as the keynote speaker for the graduating class of 2000.[1]

College

Coyne attended

United Way of America.[1] Coyne also made several appearances on WCVB-TV's Nightshift program, which profiled student filmmakers.[citation needed
]

Coyne eventually met, and soon married, fellow college student Elaine Hehir on August 12, 1989.

Hollywood internship, the first such attempt made by students at the college.[1][2] By the time they left for Hollywood in 1989, Coyne was only three credits short of receiving his degree.[1] He officially graduated in 2005 with sufficient credits.[1] In consideration of his successful career and other achievements, Fitchburg State honored Coyne as the Distinguished Alumnus of 2005.[3]

Professional career

In Hollywood, Coyne began working as an assistant editor, before moving on to editor. One of the film's Coyne edited, Dolphins: Minds in the Water, received a Silver Medal from the Student Academy Awards in the documentary category,[1][4] as well as a CINE Golden Eagle Award in the amateur pre-professional category.[5] After that, Coyne received his first feature film offer for the low budget, Misfit Patrol.[1]

Just as Coyne's career was beginning to take off, Elaine was diagnosed with a

malignant spinal tumor. The two returned to Massachusetts where Elaine died in 1994, at the age of 26.[1] Coyne eventually returned to Los Angeles in 1996, and continued to edit and produce documentaries, feature films and reality television shows.[1]

Coyne has five art, writing, and film scholarships available annually at

Emmy Award
for Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) for the episode "Shark Attack".

In 2005, Paul was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater

Fitchburg State College
, in Massachusetts.

In recent years, Coyne has focused on producing, serving as Supervising Producer of Spike TV's

Emmy Award
nomination for Best Editing in 2012.

Filmography

Editor

Producer

Actor

Art Department

  • The Paint Job (1992) Feature film (storyboard illustrator)
  • Hoggs' Heaven (1994) (storyboard illustrator)

Writer

  • Children's Miracle Network Telethon 2002

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Paul Coyne. "My Life in Brief". Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  2. Fitchburg State College. May 9, 2005. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on May 28, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  3. Fitchburg State College. Archived from the original
    on September 7, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  4. ^ "Student Film Award Winners" (PDF). Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  5. ^ "1992 Cine Winner Directory" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2009.

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