H. Paul Moon | Filmmaker

H. Paul Moon is a filmmaker based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose works concentrate on the performing arts. Films include “Sitka: A Piano Documentary” about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, and “Quartet for the End of Time” about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition. Moon has created music videos and concert films for numerous composers ranging from Moondog to Steve Reich, and five opera films set in a community garden. His film “The Passion of Scrooge” was awarded “Critic’s Choice” by Opera News as a “thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed” with “first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling.” Further highlights include works featured in exhibitions at the Nevada Museum of Art, the City Museum of New York and the Corcoran Gallery, PBS television broadcasts, and the Venice Biennale. His latest film is the feature-length Revolutionary War documentary “By George” about monuments/memorials/statues, and works in progress include a biographical portrait of cellist Leonard Rose, and a band tour documentary about Ensemble Nikel.