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It is said that Paul Bunnell was born in a popular movie theater in Burbank, California between showings of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) and The Nutty Professor (1963). Having lived his entire life in Burbank (without intermissions) he discovered picture making at the tender age of eleven. Paul wrote, produced, directed and acted in many of his own films including his personal favorite The Visitant (1981). His films have received recognition from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA for outstanding achievement.
In late 2000-2001, Bunnell worked as an extra in Tim Burton 's Planet of the Apes (2001) performing in full costume and make-up as a Red Army chimpanzee. He appeared in all the battle, fighting and marching sequences shot at Sony Studios in Culver City, California & in the Trona, California desert.