Paul Andrew Williams

Welcome to episode 114 with Paul Andrew Williams, an acclaimed writer and BAFTA winning director.

Paul has an incredible body of work including T.V like Broadchurch and The Walk In and films like London to Brighton, Cherry Tree Lane and Bull.

He began his career as an actor and attended drama school and then went on to direct pop-promos and short films before releasing London to Brighton which won several awards.

Throughout his career Paul has dealt with mental health challenges and has had to learn how to balance his mental health while working in the world of film and television.

Paul is a big believer in talking about mental health and is always incredibly open and honest about his own experiences.

In this episode I chat to Paul about how and when he started to suffer and how his mental health has impacted him over the years.

We chat about mental health in relation to his work, his reluctance to take medication and why he changed his mind and we chat about imposter syndrome, anxiety and panic attacks.

Paul and I really hit it off and we were chatting away straight from the off!  He talks very openly about a recent patch of bad mental ill health and it’s a really moving and emotional part of the conversation.  He is a lovely, lovely man and it was an absolute pleasure to chat to him!

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