Career
Crowder"s career started as a musician and, in 1980, he joined Philip Jap as his drummer. Jap was signed to Agricultural and Mechanical Records in 1981, and he recorded one album, and his 1982 single releases, "Save Us" and "Total Erasure", reached numbers 53 and 41 respectively in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. In 1983, Crowder then became an assistant recording engineer at Advision Studios.
He was involved in the recording of such tracks as "Careless Whisper" by George Michael, and "Last Christmas" by Wham! He also recorded the Siouxsie and the Banshees live album, Nocturne, on their mobile recording unit
In 1989, Crowder moved to Los Angeles and started playing with Eric Burdon, formerly of the Animals, and Robby Krieger, formerly of the Doors, later joined by Brian Auger on keyboards. In 1994, Crowder undertook a change of career and moved into television as an assistant editor, and by 1994 was editing prime time television
He also acted in an episode of the United States sitcom, Ellen in 1996. Crowder also had a small part in the film The Big Empty.
During his time in television he met Stacy Peralta.
Crowder went on to edit Dogtown and Z-Boys and Riding Giants with the film"s director Stacy Peralta. Crowder also garnered the A.C.E. Eddie for best edited documentary in 2004 for Riding Giants. In 2008, he edited and co-produced Morning Light for Walt Disney Pictures.
In 2013 Paul Crowder was the director for Formula One documentary called 1.
1 is about Grand Prix racings golden era.