Paul McDade

Paul Montez McDade was born in Boone, North Carolina in 1971. Growing up as an 'army brat', Paul also lived in El Paso, Vogelweh, Ramstein, Munich, and finally, Tuscaloosa. Paul's mother, Dorothy Montez, is a mix of old Spanish, Ojibwe, Apache, and Jewish descent. His father, Harry McDade, was born in Newark, New Jersey. Harry's parents were born and raised in Airdrie & Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Attending the University of Alabama, Montez McDade graduated with a major in Telecommunications & Film and a minor in English. While at the University, Paul was the Film Director for University Programs at the campus movie theater between 1991 and 1992 helping screen 16mm prints of the following gems: Mala Noche (1986), Daughters of the Dust (1991), Rodrigo D: No futuro (1990), Oreos with Attitude (1991), Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987), The Wages of Fear (1953), Svankmajer's Alice (1988), Peppermint Soda (1977), Paris Is Burning (1990), My Twentieth Century (1989), Vera (198