A Boston native, Paul Fournier studied film at New York University and then relocated to the Caribbean, where he produced several mini-documentaries and award-winning commercials for regional television. He found his way to the Oregon Coast, where he now lives with his family and his dog Max in a beach cabin, creating independent film projects. In the spring of 1997, filmmaker Paul Fournier met Helen Hill, when he was working as an editor of a rural weekly newspaper. While interviewing Hill about her art program at a local grade school, Fournier learned about Hill's desire to get an initiative on the ballot the following year, which if passed, would change the way the state treated adult adoptees. "I thought to myself, 'This is going to be a good story, and it needs to be filmed." The film took nearly three years to shoot, and with the budgetary setbacks typical of independent productions, two years to edit. Fournier found himself filling all of the production roles himself; producer, director, camera, lighting and sound. "For the most part, it was just me schlepping in the camera, lights and sound equipment for the entire three year shoot," said Fournier. "It was truly an example of guerilla filmmaking; grab the camera and a mic and hope for the best." During the editing process, Fournier received a post-production grant from Digital Media in Portland, which provided him with eight apprentice editors from their Avid Film Camp to help with the first cut of the film.

Paul Fournier is available to screen Measurable Rights across the country. He can speak in the voice of a passionate observer who documented all sides of the measure argument. Often in intimate settings with the activists who ushered in this new era of adoption reform, Paul was present through much of the strategy, planning, and tactics of the successful ballot measure. Paul can be reached through Storm Rock Films.

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Oceanside, OR 97134
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