His original screenplay August Rush has completed filming, and was released in the United States of America on November 21, 2007, distributed by Warner Brothers The film is directed by Oscar-nominee Kirsten Sheridan, and stars Robin Williams, Keri Russell, Freddie Highmore, Danny Glover, Kelsey Grammer, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
While a student at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film, and Television he was a finalist for the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker"s Award for directing and producing his original screenplay Healing, and landed a three picture screenwriting deal worth $1 million. They did it to a sell out crowd of 90,000+ spectators and 40 million television viewers, both films to be produced by Ross Greenburg (MIRACLE & Drug Abuse Resistance Education TO DREAM) and team Paul Castro served as an expert crises counselor specializing in suicide prevention for seven years.
He was also an officer in the United States Navy, twice recalled to active duty after 9/11, then returning to his career professionally writing and directing.
Castro"s next project, A BEAUTIFUL DAY, based on the life of tennis greats, Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson who won Wimbledon as doubles partners, as well as a project in development about the United States Women"s National Soccer Team that shocked the world in the 1999 World Cup Final. Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine has been linked to a future Castro project
