Paul Moniz de Sa

Paul Moniz de Sa is an actor and sound designer who has worked on camera and on stage for more than two decades. His training began at Arts Umbrella at 16, and he went on to Studio 58 at Langara College. He has performed at venues around North America, among them the National Arts Centre, the Charlottetown Festival in PEI and the Vancouver Playhouse. He earned Jessie awards for two performances, in Pacific Theatre's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and in The Overcoat at the Vancouver Playhouse, and he was nominated for Driving Miss Daisy. He also received Jessie nominations for sound design on Green Thumb Theatre's One In A Million and on The Prodigal Son, staged by Touchstone and Pacific Theatre. He designed sound for Vancouver companies including Bard on the Beach and the Arts Club Theatre, taught acting and sound design, and in 2008 was named Arts Umbrella's artistic director for theater and music.