Paul Goodwin Garnes

Paul Garnes has served as producer line producer andor production manager on films and television series for Disney Dreamworks HBO ABC NBC BET SonyScreen Gems Magnolia Films and Paramount Pictures A graduate of Chicagos Columbia College Garnes has worked as Vice President of Operations and Production for Academy Award winner Jamie Foxxs FoxxKing Productions and Head of Production for SimmonsLathan Media Group In 2006 Garnes was recruited by Tyler Perry and Reuben Cannon to join the Tyler Perry Company where he served as Vice President and Executive in Charge of Production until 2009 overseeing the creation of its multimillion dollar studio and backlot In addition to daily operations Garnes supervised over 250 episodes of broadcast television while at the studio In 2011 he produced filmmaker Ava DuVernays awardwinning independent feature Middle of Nowhere which won Best Director honors at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards John Cassavetes Award In 2014 Paul was executive producer of the film Selma a biopic directed by Ava DuVernay and distributed by Paramount Pictures which chronicles a series of the three Selma marches led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr supporting the 1965 Civil Rights Voting Act Selma is nominated for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Song and won a 2015 Golden Globe for Best Original Song In addition Garnes continued his work as producer on the final season of BETs hit series The Game