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Paul Leonardo Jr. was born on 15 February 1970 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. Paul is a producer and production manager, known for 25th Hour (2002), Severance (2022) and Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006).
- Paul Leonardo Jr.
- February 15, 1970
Paul Leonardo Jr. is an American editor and producer. He co-produced all nine episodes in the first season of the Apple TV+ thriller series Severance.
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Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. It premiered February 18, 2022 and was quickly renewed for a second season.
A biotech corporation, Lumon Industries, uses the severance procedure to separate the non-work memories of some of their employees from their work memories. One severed employee gradually uncovers a web of conspiracy from both sides of the division.
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives; when a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Ben Stiller first read the screenplay to the pilot episode at least five years before the show premiered, calling it "the longest thing I've ever worked on." The script was submitted by Dan Erickson as a writing sample to Stiller's production company Red Hour Productions, and passed to Stiller by development executive Jackie Cohn. Stiller said he enjoyed the story's contributions to the workplace comedy.
In January 2017, Ben Stiller invited Adam Scott to star. In November 2019, Apple TV+ gave Severance a series order, with Stiller directing and Scott cast in the leading role. Stiller was only attached to direct the pilot but he decided to direct several more episodes as the series entered development. On April 6, 2022, Apple renewed the series for a second season.
The COVID-19 pandemic postponed the initial production start of March 2020. The opening scene of the show was shot on January 6, 2021. The series filmed for a few days in Nyack in February and in Kingston and Beacon in March. In April, filming moved to central New Jersey, mainly in the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex which stood in for Lumon HQ. Filming was scheduled to conclude on June 23, 2021.
Production designer Jeremy Hindle blended corporate looks from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s for the show's distinctive look, and cited modernist architect Eero Saarinen as influential for the building design. Stiller said the prop master reconstructed old computers so the actors could actually do the work presented on the show in order to get adjusted to the office setting. These computers lacked an escape key, as a metaphor for the lack of control the Innies have while in Lumon's offices.
•Severance was met with critical acclaim upon its release.
Paul Leonardo Jr. was born on 15 February 1970 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. Paul is a producer and production manager, known for 25th Hour (2002), Severance (2022) and Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006).
Jun 28, 2022 · Severance (TV show) From director and executive producer Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson comes Severance. Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds ...
Paul Leonardo Jr. is known as an Post Production Supervisor and Co-Producer. Some of his work includes 25th Hour and 3 A.M..
Burt Goodman, known as Burt G. when working at Lumon, is a main protagonist in the first and second seasons of the Apple TV+ thriller Severance. He was the head of Optics and Design on the severed floor at Lumon Industries up until his retirement. Burt is portrayed by Christopher Walken. Burt has a male partner and lives in a modest single-level ranch home in a southeast neighborhood of Kier ...
