Age, Biography and Wiki
Paul Jay was born on 7 August, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an A canadian documentary film director. Discover Paul Jay'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 73 years old?
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Journalist · Filmmaker |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
7 August 1951 |
| Birthday |
7 August |
| Birthplace |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality |
Canada
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He is a member of famous Journalist with the age 73 years old group.
Paul Jay Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Paul Jay Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Paul Jay worth at the age of 73 years old? Paul Jay’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. He is from Canada. We have estimated Paul Jay's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Paul Jay (born 1951) is a journalist, filmmaker, is the founder, editor-in-chief, and host of theAnalysis.news, a news analysis service.
He was the founder, CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network (TRNN).
Jay was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario and holds dual-citizenship with the United States.
A past chair of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus (now called DOC), the main organization of documentary filmmakers in Canada, Jay is the founding chair of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
board for its first five years.
Jay dropped out of high school at sixteen years of age and never received any formal training in filmmaking.
He became interested in the subject after attending an experimental free school, where he had the opportunity to create a short film.
He gained experience by shooting sports footage for Canadian broadcast television before going on to produce his own content.
Never-Endum Referendum (CTV, SRC, Arte, 1997), is a feature-length documentary, on the 1995 Quebec referendum over the question of seceding from Canada.
It was called "a moving, masterful piece of film-making about a tough subject" by Tony Atherton of the Ottawa Citizen.
Jay's Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1998), a feature-length documentary about pro wrestler Bret Hart, was screened in 25 major festivals and won more than a dozen awards.
It has been called "one of the most acclaimed Canadian films in years" by eye magazine, "A tale as bizarre as Kafka and as tragic as Shakespeare" (Ottawa Citizen) and "one of the best films of 1998" (Peter Plagens, art critic for Newsweek).
Hitman was produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada, TVOntario, The 'A' Channel, CTV, A&E, BBC's Storyville series, and La Sept/Arte.
Jay was the creator and executive producer of CBC Newsworld's flagship debate program counterSpin (broadcast from 1998 to 2004) for six seasons.
CounterSpin was a prime time debate show about the news of the day.
Other work includes Justice Denied (Turner), The Life and Death of Owen Hart (TVO, A&E), Albanian Journey: End of an Era (TVOntario, CBC Witness), The Birth of Language (TVOntario and Discovery U.S.), Here's to the Cowboy (CBC, Disney, London Weekend, Central TV).
Jay exec-produced Through Thick and Thin (CBCNewsworld), Machine Gun (3x1 Discovery Canada&US), and The Famine Within (TVO).
Jay was the co-creator and co-executive producer of Face Off, a nightly prime time debate program that ran four years on CBC Newsworld.
He worked with Gore Vidal, among others, for the launch of TRNN, which included the documentary: History of the National Security State.
Lost in Las Vegas (2001) is a feature-length documentary for A&E.
"Equal parts hilarious, heroic and heartfelt... often surprising, occasionally inspiring, frequently hilarious... You've got to see this thing to believe it. It's so good", wrote Rob Salem of The Toronto Star.
Return to Kandahar (2003), a feature-length documentary, was co-directed with Nelofer Pazira, star of the movie Kandahar (2001).
Although Kandahar was fictional, Return to Kandahar follows Pazira's return to Afghanistan in search of her childhood friend; her first attempt inspired the fictional movie.
RTK won the Donald Brittain Gemini award for best social political documentary.
Jay also appeared in interview segments in another Bret Hart documentary which came out in 2010, Bret Hart: Survival of the Hitman.
The Real News went on to launch several internet video/television news magazines, including The Empire Files, created in 2015 with teleSUR and for which Jay is an executive producer.
Jay is the executive producer of the 2017 Donald Trump, The Koch Brothers and Their War on Climate Science documentary.
Jay parted ways with TRNN in 2019 and founded of theAnalysis.news, a video and audio current affairs interview and commentary show and website.
