Paul Wiegard co-founded Madman Entertainment, a leading independent film distribution and rights management company with offices in Melbourne, Auckland & Berlin. Films represented by Madman in 2024 / 2025 include ANATOMY OF A FALL, THE ZONE OF INTEREST, PERFECT DAYS, MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, KNEECAP, FLOW, THE SUBSTANCE, TINA and THE LAST SHOWGIRL. Madman is also founding partner in film development fund CCM (Curzon, Cineart, Madman) which has several films in current production. Paul has executive produced 40+ feature and documentary films. Established DocPlay, a dedicated documentary streaming VOD platform. Currently, Board Member of Australian Centre of The Moving Image (ACMI), Screenrights, Co-Chair of Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC ) and was President – Australian Independent Distributors Association (AIDA) for 10 years.