Paul Becker

Paul Becker is a Canadian director, choreographer, writer, and producer. He is best known for choreographing Deadpool 2, Disney's Descendants, Mirror Mirror, Twilight, Disney Animation's Ralph Breaks the Internet, and The Kissing Booth, The Kissing Booth 2, The Kissing Booth 3, directing episodes of Julie and the Phantoms, and producing Canada's Got Talent.[1]

Paul Becker
Becker with Lady Gaga on the set of American Horror Story
Born
OccupationChoreographer, Dancer, Actor, Film Director
Years active1997–present
AwardsMTV Movie and TV 2021 "Best Musical Number"
Websitewww.beckercreations.com

Life and career

Becker was born in Victoria BC, Canada. He attended St. Andrew's High School and graduated from Spectrum Community School. He got his break as a dancer in the Academy Award winning feature film Chicago.

He was the series choreographer for HBO's The Last of Us, where he created the movement for the "Clickers", but most of his work is of the musical genre where he choreographed A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix, Riverdale on CW Network as well as Once Upon a Time, Syfi's The Magicians. Disney animation studios brought Paul on as a consultant and choreographer on Ralph Breaks the Internet. He choreographed American Horror Story, the CW series Hellcats,[2] Sucker Punch, This Means War, Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2.

He has also served as a judge and choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance in Canada. Becker choreographed Michael Buble's music video Haven't Met You Yet and the Jonas Brothers in the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds tour.[3]

In 2015 Paul directed and choreographed the Pan American Games Closing ceremonies.

Film and TV choreography credits

Acting appearances

Notable dance credits

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "EXCLUSIVE: Paul Becker Talks 'Hellcats'". Movieweb.com. April 21, 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. Reid, Michael D. "Victoria-born choreographer's homecoming 'surreal'". Timescolonist.com. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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