An Actor’s Job Makes Me Smile

Paul Cram on the set of Killer With A Punctured Heart An actor’s job is unique in that we are payed to pretend to be other people, in an attempt to give the general population an escape from reality for awhile.It’s beautiful to me in many ways.

Golden Bees Making Sweet Honey From My Old Failures

 Last night, as I was sleeping,I dreamt — marvelous error!—that a spring was breakingout in my heart.I said: Along which secret aqueduct,Oh water, are you coming to me,water of a new lifethat I have never drunk?  Last night, as I was sleeping,I dreamt — marvelous error!—that I had a beehivehere inside my heart.And the golden …

“Hair Rules” Buddy Comedy

A male underwear model and a male massage therapist become roommates, and the chaos begins in this 30 minute comedy film… Scene 6 from HAIR RULES rough cut from Eyehustle Entertainment on Vimeo.

Peacock’s Paul Cram: A Midwestern Film Actor

by Locke Peterseim, RedBlog, June 15th 2010 A darkly lyrical indie film starring Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Red Eye, Sunshine), Susan Sarandon and Ellen Page (Juno), Peacock is set in ‘50s Nebraska (but filmed in my beloved Iowa). It’s a low-key psychological thriller about the secrets of identity and control that are unearthed when a …

Minneapolis Actor Amongst All Star Cast

Paul Cram performs briefly alongside Golden Globe nominee Cillian Murphy in thetwisted thriller Peacock being released by Lionsgate to DVD April 20, 2010. The filmalso stars Academy Award nominee Ellen Paige, & Academy Award Winner Susan Sarandon. The movie follows John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in Peacock, Nebraska, who lives a life of solitude. …

Auditioning for the Role of a 40 Year Old

“I can be forty,” I say to myself while furrowing my eyebrows in my bathroom mirror. I don’t stop creasing my forehead and repeating my four word mantra as I drive to the Warehouse district of Minneapolis. It’s only when I walk into the casting director’s waiting room that I stop the creasing. Quickly I …

Kicked in the Head For real

  By Claude Peck, January 28, 2010   An indie actor in this town has a tough life — living from small paycheck to small paycheck,auditioning, waiting for good parts, praying for a big break.For Paul Cram, who has appeared at the Guthrie (“Edgardo Mine”), small Twin Cities theaters (“Everywhere, Signs Fall” at Gremlin) and …

My 6 Tips to Boost Film Makers from Amateur to Pro – Screen Magazine

Article: Chicago’s Screen Magazine. 1. Get Contracts Signed Before the First Day of Filming. Besides legal protection, contracts spell out your on-set expectations of the cast and crew. Actor’s contracts are available to download on sites like SagIndie. Not only will you look like a pro with these, but if you opt to follow SAG guidelines you’ll …