Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1970 to André & Joan (and older brothers Henri-Jacques and Francois), Paul André Blom grew up with a love of movies and music. This led to him developing a drive to not only absorb as much of it as possible, but also to create it himself.

After graduating with a B.A. Degree from Stellenbosch University in the early '90s, Paul attended film school. From there he has been on the independent route ever since.

From the late 1980s he's been involved with various bands and personal musical projects, incl. V.O.D / Terminatryx / F8 / K.O.B.U.S. / The Makabra Ensemble, and compiling the historic Kopskoot! album;
has been a bilingual entertainment journalist covering movies, music & gaming since 1997 - published in local magazines (incl. SL, Stage, Top Forty, Muse, LMG, Something Wicked) & syndicated newspapers and supplements (incl. The Star, The Argus, Die Burger, Son, JIP), to international publications (incl. Fangoria Magazine);
makes movies (incl. production / directing / editing);
created, designed & run several websites (Flamedrop.com / ShadowRealm Inc.);
been involved with collaborative photographic projects (Desert Storm / Beautiful People);
created & run several film festivals (South African HorrorFest / The X Fest / Sound On Screen / Celludroid / Daring Doccies / Cinemaniacs);
and created Flamedrop Productions in 2000 to encompass all of these and forthcoming activities.

Paul lives in Cape Town with his wife and collaborator Sonja Ruppersberg, their cat Ming and dog Zoltan.

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October 2010 LMG Magazine to the left features Paul & Sonja with the cover feature on their HorrorFest event plus a piece by Paul on South African Metal music