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Paul Atherton (born 20 March 1968) is managing director of Simple (TV) Productions〔(Simple (TV) Productions )〕 and its sister not-for-profit company, Q&D Productions Limited.〔(Q&D Productions Limited )〕 He is the first producer-director to have his work broadcast on the Coca-Cola billboard in Piccadilly Circus, London, with his film ''The Ballet of Change''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2007 )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2007 )〕 ==Early life== Paul Atherton was three months old when he was abandoned in a tent at a disused airport in Cardiff. He was placed with a white foster family〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2011 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2012 )〕 in the small village of Ystrad Mynach. He left home at 15, when he spent time in children's homes and completed his "O" Levels. At 16 he set up home on his own, against the wishes of Social Services. After a traumatic event at the age of 18 he became homeless and lived on the streets, but by 20 he'd recovered his life and bought his first flat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2008 )〕 At the age of 16, Atherton was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS, often called myalgic encephalomyelitis in the United Kingdom), and still suffers today. He attended Cardiff Business School, and obtained a BSc Honours Degree in Business Administration as a mature student in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2008 )〕 Whilst studying he set up a mail order company specialising in silk lingerie called "A Touch of Silk",〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 1994 ) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 1995 ) 〕 which was the first non-blue-chip company in the UK allowed to take credit cards over the phone without a retail premises.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 1994 ) 〕 He moved on to a career in public relations with Systems Publicity, (Harvard Communications ) and finally Propeller Marketing where he Account Directed clients CNN, media buyers OMD (Omnicom Media Directions) and ''The Daily Telegraph''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 year = 2000 ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Atherton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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