Alternate Profiles
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Contact Info ___________________________________________________________
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Fingal83
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[email protected]
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Body of Work ___________________________________________________________
Band: Necrophilia
Album: Necrophilia
Music Video: "Beholder"
Director: Ossian
Completed: February, 2004
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Band: Salieri
Album: Salieri Demo
Music Video: "Forgoing Formalities"
Director: Ossian
Completed: September, 2005
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Band: Inflicted
Album: As The Hours Melt Away
Music Video: "Reassemble Tomorrow"
Director: Ossian
Completed: December, 2005
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Band: The Strip
Album: Swab the Deck
Music Video: "Hopeless"
Director: Ossian
Completed: Unreleased
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Band: Shot Heard Around The World
Album: Requiem for Tomorrow
Music Video: "You Can't Kill The Undead"
Director: Ossian
Completed: Unreleased
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Band: Sines of Life
Album: Dermabrasion Single
Music Video: "Dermabrasion"
Director: Ossian
Completed: April, 2007
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Band: Necrophilia
Album: "Yet to be Titled"
Music Video: "Ravenous"
Director: Ossian
Completed: April, 2007
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Band: Wretched Asylum
Album: Seclusion
Music Video: "3:15"
Director: Ossian
Completed: July, 2007 _________________________________________________________
Unofficial Collaborations
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Band: Sentenced
Album: The Cold White Light
Music Video: "No Ones There"
Director: Ossian
Completed: April, 2004 _________________________________________________________
Band: Porcupine Tree
Album: In Absentia
Music Video: "Blackest Eyes"
Director: Ossian
Completed: February, 2005
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Biography ___________________________________________________________
Paul Ossian Stevens was born in Boston on July 21st 1983 but grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts in the small town of Hull (Nantasket). He is the eldest son of Karin and Paul E. Stevens who have been separated since he was 10 years old. He is of Nordic decent from his mother’s side who emigrated from Sweden in 1973. Paul was even baptized in his mother’s hometown of Uppsala in the largest Gothic Cathedral in Scandinavia.
In his earlier years his father was absent and was raised mostly by his mother who provided him with a greater sense of Swedish identity as apposed to American. During his childhood and well into his early teens, Paul was in recluse from the rest of the world preferring to immerse himself in the fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen and Willis H. O'Brien. He even credits the “7th Voyage of Sinbad†for his interest in animation.
Towards the middle and end of High School, Paul continued his reclusive behavior only this time retreating into the world of Heavy Metal music. His taste in Metal has since progressed but stills credits Marilyn Manson as an early influence. Thus his exposure to the Visual Art of Music Videos was inevitable and credits the early Surrealist works of Floria Sigismondi and Fred Stuhr as a solidifying influence for his pursuit in Music Video Direction.
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1. Is named after his Grandfather Stig Ossian Ericson, who is an actor/director in Sweden.
2. His grandfather from his father’s side was a Jazz Musician.
3. Baptized in the Uppsala Cathedral, the largest Gothic church in the Nordic Countries.
4. His Great Grandmother emigrated from Ireland during the late 1800’s.
5. His parents have been separated since he was 10.
6. The earlier works of Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen inspired him to pursue animation.
7. An avid fan of old Godzilla movies.
8. Made his first stop-motion film at the age of 13, in which he made a Star Wars action figure walk across a table then get hit by a car.
9. The earlier works from Floria Sigismondi inspired him to pursue Music Videos.
10. Majored in Cinematography at the University of Hartford but left after 2 years claiming to be displeased with the program.
11. Worked briefly as a nude model for the Hartford Art School and was also involved in several run way modeling projects.
12. Directed his first music video at the age of 20 for the Long Island based "extreme power metal" band, Necrophilia.
13. Politically, he is a Centralist leaning on Right Wing.
14. Supported John McCain for the Presidency back in 2000.
15. Won the 2006 AiME Video Festival in Boston. Awards included Best Music Video and Best Animation.