Paul Abascal (born 13 September 1958; age 65) is a former Hollywood hair stylist and a current director who worked as additional hair stylist on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. He is the younger brother to fellow Star Trek III hair stylist Silvia Abascal.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Abascal started his career as hair stylist in the early '80s and worked on The Osterman Weekend (1983, starring Chris Sarandon and Meg Foster), the television drama My Mother's Secret Life (1984, with make-up artist James Kail), Thief of Hearts (1984), Sylvester (1985), Explorers (1985, with James Cromwell, Brooke Bundy, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Frank Welker, and make-up artist Zoltan Elek), Pretty in Pink (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, with Alan Ruck), the action thriller Opposing Force (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), and the television film Cameo by Night (1987, with David Graf).
For the 1987 comedy Who's That Girl he worked as hair stylist for Madonna. The film also featured Star Trek performers Bibi Besch, Cecile Callan, Ron Taylor, Mike Starr, Laura Drake, Roy Brocksmith, Faith Minton, Darwyn Carson, Pat Romano, Lloyd Kino, and Cristian Letelier.
Further work in the hair department include Stranger on My Land (1988), Action Jackson (1988), Die Hard (1988), Road House (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Point Break (1991, starring Lori Petty and with make-up by Wes Dawn), True Identity (1991), Ricochet (1991), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Lethal Weapon 3 (1991), Striking Distance (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994, starring Christopher Lloyd), the thriller The Specialist (1994), and the drama Just Cause (1995).
Abascal worked as hair style supervisor on Die Hard 2 (1990), Predator 2 (1990) and Demolition Man (1990). In addition he was the personal hair stylist for Sylvester Stallone on Judge Dredd (1995) and for Patrick Swayze on Three Wishes (1995).
From the late '80s on, Abascal worked as director, too. He directed the Lethal Weapon specials Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989) and Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3 (1991). After these specials he directed episodes of the television series Tales from the Crypt (1993, with Noble Willingham, Alan Ruck, and John Kassir), Land's End (1995), The Sentinel (1996, with Leigh Taylor-Young), Silk Stalkings (1997), Night Man (1997, with Matt McColm, Derek Webster, Felecia M. Bell, and Boris Krutonog), Viper (1998, with J. Downing), Nash Bridges (1999, with Ted Barba, Cliff DeYoung, Amanda Foreman, Corbin Bernsen, Katy Boyer, Caroline Lagerfelt, Bruce Thomas, and Daniel Roebuck), The Strip (1999), Secret Agent Man (2000, starring Dina Meyer), Freedom (2000-2001, with Kellie Waymire), Special Unit 2 (2001), and Witchblade (2002).
In 2004 he directed the crime thriller Paparazzi which featured Trek performers Larry Cedar, Dennis Cockrum, Tim Halligan, Clyde Kusatsu, and Brian McNamara. Like in Die Hard 2 and Predator 2 (both 1990) he had a featured cameo in this film. His most recent directing projects are episodes of Complete Savages (2004, with Keith Carradine and Autumn Reeser) and America's Most Wanted (2007).
External links[]
- PaulAbascal.com – official site
- Paul Abascal at the Internet Movie Database