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Paul F. Heard (Paul Frederic Heard) was born on 14 October, 1913 in Olivia, Minnesota, US, is an American film director. Discover Paul F. Heard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

Popular As Paul Frederic Heard
Occupation Film producer, director, scriptwriter
Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 14 October 1913
Birthday 14 October
Birthplace Olivia, Minnesota, US
Date of death 27 February, 1964
Died Place Los Angeles, California
Nationality United States

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1913

Paul Frederic Heard (October 14, 1913February 27, 1964) was an American film producer, director, and scriptwriter of religious films.

Paul Frederic Heard was born on October 14, 1913, in Olivia, Minnesota.

His father, Rev. J. W. Heard, and grandfather, Rev. C. M. Heard, were both Methodist ministers.

1922

At the 22nd Academy Awards, Heard's production Kenji Comes Home was nominated for Best Documentary Feature; it lost to the British documentary Daybreak in Udi.

1929

Heard studied at Lawrence College, his father's alma mater, from 1929 to 1931.

1933

He enrolled at the University of Minnesota from 1933 until his graduation in 1935, studying film production in the school's visual education department.

1938

From 1938 to 1940, Heard worked as a production supervisor in the University of Minnesota's visual education department.

1940

In 1940, he became director of films for the Methodist Church's national board of missions in New York.

1941

In October 1941, Heard's father officiated at his marriage to Gwendolin Vandarwarka in Appleton, Wisconsin.

1942

From 1942 to 1945, he was Orientation Film Officer for the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. In the latter capacity, he produced training and propaganda films for the United States Navy.

1945

In 1945, Heard was appointed executive director of the newly formed Protestant Film Commission.

At that time, he commented that "similar techniques" as those used in government propaganda films could be applied to religious films to bring about "spiritual realizations" regarding the challenges of modern life.

1946

From 1946 to 1951 he served as executive director of the Protestant Film Commission, which produced short films for distribution to denominational churches across the United States and Canada.

He then formed his own independent production house for religious films.

1949

His short film Kenji Comes Home (1949) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

1950

When the Protestant Film Commission merged with the Protestant Radio Commission to form the Broadcasting and Film Commission (BFC) of the National Council of Churches of Christ in December 1950, Heard was named director of films in the new organization.

Heard entered the television market in the early 1950s with the production of a 13-part series of short films titled What's Your Troubles, featuring Dr. and Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale.

In 1950, his wife's mother moved to California and lived with them until her death a month after her 100th birthday in 1963.

1951

But in 1951, he resigned in order to become an independent producer of Christian films.

1952

We Hold These Truths (1952), a Paul F. Heard Inc. production, was named best film in its category at a Stamford, Connecticut, film festival.

Heard was a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and of Toastmasters International.

1954

In 1954, the Los Angeles Times called Paul F. Heard Inc. "one of the big three producers of religious films", and said that Heard had had a hand in the production of hundreds of films for this sector.

1963

He was president of Paul F. Heard Inc, a motion picture production company, until 1963.

1964

Heard died on February 27, 1964, aged 50, after undergoing surgery for cancer at Veterans Hospital in San Fernando.

Funeral services were held at the Hollywood Congregational Church and burial took place at Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena.