Paul has designed extensively for feature films with credits including The Shape of Water, The Colour Purple, DC Comics The Flash, It: Chapter 2, Pompeii, and Twilight Saga: Eclipse. His work on The Shape of Water directed by Guillermo del Toro, garnered Paul an Academy Award for Best Production Design, a Critics Choice Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA).
Paul also won a Black Reel Award for Outstanding Production Design for The Colour Purple, a Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design on Pompeii and a Canadian Gemini for Inspired by Bach. Though film has taken him to numerous locations worldwide, Toronto remains home for Paul.