# Paul Bales

Paul S. Bales is an American filmmaker, who has been the chief operating officer at The Asylum since 2006.

## Career

Working in the low-budget film industry, Bales is most known for being a production executive and producer for The Asylum, a studio specializing in mockbusters. He also directed Legion of the Dead, an early hit for the studio, in addition to writing or co-writing ten films.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Max Knight: Ultra Spy | written by | TV movie |
| 2001 | Reasonable Doubt | written by | direct-to-video |
| 2001 | The Source | associate producer | |
| 2002 | Killers 2: The Beast | written by | direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Detour | "Hungry Freak / Raver" | video |
| 2005 | Legion of the Dead | director, written by | direct-to-video |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Treasure | written by | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | The Hitchhiker | executive producer | |
| 2007 | Supercroc | executive producer | |
| 2007 | The Apocalypse | executive producer | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Transmorphers | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Invasion of the Pod People | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Universal Soldiers | associate producer | |
| 2007 | 30,000 Leagues Under The Sea | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | 666: The Beast | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | I Am Omega | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2007 | AVH: Alien vs. Hunter | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Monster | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | 2012: Doomsday | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | 100 Million BC | written by, associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Street Racer | executive producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Death Racers | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Sunday School Musical | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Merlin and the War of the Dragons | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stopped | executive producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | 18-Year-Old Virgin | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Countdown: Jerusalem | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Dragonquest | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | The Terminators | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Transmorphers: Fall of Man | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | The Land That Time Forgot | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Sex Pot | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Haunting of Winchester House | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | MegaFault | written by, associate producer | TV movie |
| 2009 | 2012: Supernova | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Princess of Mars | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Sherlock Holmes | written by, associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Meteor Apocalypse | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | 6 Guns | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Mega Piranha | associate producer | TV movie |
| 2010 | The 7 Adventures of Sinbad | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Airline Disaster | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | #1 Cheerleader Camp | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Titanic II | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | 8213: Gacy House | producer (uncredited) | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | MILF | associate producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2010 | 2010: Moby Dick | written by | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Princess and the Pony | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Mega Python vs. Gatoroid | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2011 | Battle of Los Angeles | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | 200 M.P.H. | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Almighty Thor | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2011 | 2012: Ice Age | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Born Bad | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Barely Legal | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | A Haunting in Salem | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Dragon Crusaders | co-producer | |
| 2011 | 3 Musketeers | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Zombie Apocalypse (film) | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2011 | 11/11/11 | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | 2-Headed Shark Attack | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Celebrity Sex Tape | co-producer | |
| 2012 | Grimm's Snow White | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Air Collision | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Adopting Terror | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2012 | American Warships | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Nazis at the Center of the Earth | written by, co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Bikini Spring Break | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Bigfoot | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2012 | Shark Week | co-producer | |
| 2012 | The Haunting of Whaley House | co-producer | |
| 2012 | Super Cyclone | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Golden Winter | co-producer | |
| 2012 | Hold Your Breath | co-producer | |
| 2012 | Rise of the Zombies | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2012 | Layover | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2012 | Clash of the Empires | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Love at the Christmas Table | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2012 | 40 Days and Nights | producer | |
| 2012 | 12/12/12 | co-producer | |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Sharknado | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Killer | co-producer | |
| 2013 | 500 MPH Storm | co-producer | |
| 2013 | Cleaver Family Reunion | co-producer | |
| 2013 | Battledogs | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2013 | 100 Degrees Below Zero | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Age of Dinosaurs | co-producer | |
| 2013 | AE: Apocalypse Earth | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2013 | American Brawler | co-producer | |
| 2013 | Atlantic Rim | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Foreclosed | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Social Nightmare | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2013 | 13/13/13 | co-producer | |
| 2013 | Alone for Christmas | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Zombie Night | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Bell Witch Haunting | producer (uncredited) | |
| 2013 | A Snow Globe Christmas | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2013 | Attila | co-producer | |
| 2013 | Neil Gaiman's We Can Get Them for You Wholesale | special thanks | short film |
| 2014 | Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Android Cop | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Jailbait | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2014 | Apocalypse Pompeii | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Alpha House | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2014 | Airplane vs. Volcano | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2014 | Bermuda Tentacles | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2014 | Asian School Girls | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2014 | The Coed and the Zombie Stoner | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Asteroid vs Earth | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2014 | Sleeping Beauty | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Age of Tomorrow | producer | direct-to-video |
| 2014 | Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2014 | Sharknado 2: The Second One | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2014 | Hercules Reborn | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Mercenaries | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Bachelor Night | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Santa Claws | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Ardennes Fury | co-producer | |
| 2014 | Age of Ice | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Bound | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Hansel vs. Gretel | co-producer | |
| 2015 | The Wrong Boyfriend | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2015 | Avengers Grimm | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Road Wars | co-producer | |
| 2015 | San Andreas Quake | co-producer | |
| 2015 | Mega Shark vs. Kolossus | co-producer | |
| 2015 | Flight World War II | co-producer | |
| 2015 | 3-Headed Shark Attack | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Sharknado: Feeding Frenzy | co-producer | |
| 2015 | Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2015 | Night of the Wild | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2015 | Martian Land | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Sharknado: Heart of Sharkness | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Little Dead Rotting Hood | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Zoombies | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Break-Up Nightmare | co-producer | |
| 2016 | The Other Wife | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Fortune Cookie | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Dead 7 | executive producer | |
| 2016 | Izzie's Way Home | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Independents' Day | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2016 | Sinister Squad | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Ghosthunters | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Ice Sharks | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Planet of the Sharks | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens | executive producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | In the Name of Ben Hur | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Elvis Lives! | co-executive producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Isle of the Dead | co-producer | |
| 2016 | #FollowFriday | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Trollz | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2016 | Nightmare Wedding | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Sinbad and the War of the Furies | co-producer | |
| 2016 | Evil Nanny | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2016 | Restoration | special thanks | |
| 2016 | If Looks Could Kill | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | Oceans Rising | co-producer | |
| 2017 | Jurassic School | co-producer | |
| 2017 | Forgotten Evil | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | The Fast and the Fierce | co-producer | |
| 2017 | Dream House Nightmare | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | co-producer | |
| 2017 | Sinister Minister | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | CarGo | co-producer | |
| 2017 | Locked Up | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2017 | Alien Convergence | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2017 | Operation Dunkirk | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2017 | 5 Headed Shark Attack | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | Empire of the Sharks | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | executive producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | Geo-Disaster | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2017 | Troy the Odyssey | co-producer | |
| 2017 | Blood Brothers | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2017 | Bethany | special thanks | |
| 2018 | Atlantic Rim: Resurrection | co-producer | |
| 2018 | Tomb Invader | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2018 | Avengers Grimm: Time Wars | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2018 | Flight 666 | co-producer | |
| 2018 | Triassic World | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2018 | Alien Siege | co-producer | |
| 2018 | 6-Headed Shark Attack | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2018 | Megalodon | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2018 | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | executive producer | TV movie |
| 2018 | Alien Predator | co-producer | |
| 2018 | Nazi Overlord | co-producer | |
| 2018 | The Adventures of the Fatbat Episode III: Queen of the City, Part II: The Reckoning | "Mr. Hollywood" | |
| 2018 | End of the World | co-producer | |
| 2018 | Hornet | co-producer | |
| 2018 | Rent-an-Elf | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2014–2018 | Z Nation | executive producer | TV series |
| 2019 | Zoombies 2 | co-producer | |
| 2019 | Mommy Would Never Hurt You | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2019 | San Andreas Mega Quake | co-producer | direct-to-video |
| 2019–2021 | Black Summer | executive producer | TV series |
| 2019 | Adventures of Aladdin | co-producer | |
| 2019 | Monster Island | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2019 | D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach | co-producer | |
| 2019 | Loved to Death | producer | |
| 2019 | Arctic Apocalypse | co-producer | |
| 2019 | Clown | co-producer | |
| 2019 | American Psychos | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2019 | Christmas Belles | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2019 | The Nightmare House | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2019 | Doctor Death | co-producer | |
| 2019 | The Final Level: Escaping Rancala | co-producer | |
| 2019 | Christmas in Vienna | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2019 | A Beauty & The Beast Christmas | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2020 | Winter in Vail | executive producer | TV movie |
| 2020 | Battle Star Wars | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Homeward | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Collision Earth | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2020 | Fast and Fierce: Death Race | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Top Gunner | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Shark Season | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Monster Hunters | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Pool Boy Nightmare | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2020 | Apocalypse of Ice | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Asteroid-a-Geddon | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Airliner Sky Battle | co-producer | |
| 2020 | Beaus of Holly | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2020 | Meteor Moon | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Triassic Hunt | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Alien Conquest | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Ape vs. Monster | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Star Battleship Wars | producer | |
| 2021 | Aquarium of the Dead | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Jungle Run | co-producer | |
| 2021 | The Rebels of PT-218 | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Robotapocalypse | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Swim | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Megalodon Rising | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Tales of a Fifth Grade Robin Hood | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Killer Grades | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2021 | Alien Kong | producer | |
| 2021 | Planet Dune | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Devil's Triangle | co-producer | |
| 2021 | War of the Worlds: Annihilation | co-producer | |
| 2021 | Megaboa | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Dracula: The Original Living Vampire | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Moon Crash | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Family Friends | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | Triple Threat | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | English Estate | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | Titanic 666 | co-producer | |
| 2022 | 4 Horsemen: Apocalypse | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Top Gunner: Danger Zone | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Jurassic Domination | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Thor: God of Thunder | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Bullet Train Down | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Shark Side of the Moon | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Shark Waters | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Time Pirates | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Attack on Titan | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Infamously in Love | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | Super Volcano | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | Headless Horseman | co-producer | |
| 2022 | Hunters of Triassic World | producer | |
| 2022 | Battle for Pandora | co-producer | |
| 2022 | 20.0 Megaquake | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | Crown Prince of Christmas | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | A Belgian Chocolate Christmas | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2022 | 2025 Armageddon | co-producer | |
| 2023 | The Wedding in the Hamptons | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2023 | Ice Storm | co-producer | TV movie |
| 2023 | Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Ape vs. Mecha Ape | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Doomsday Meteor | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Assault on Hill 400 | co-producer | |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Butch vs. Sundance | co-producer | |
| 2023 | DC Down | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Three Dates to Forever | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Transmorphers: Mech Beasts | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Blind Waters | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Megalodon: The Frenzy | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Top Gunner: America vs. Russia | co-producer | |
| 2023 | The Exorcists | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Meth Gator | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Dante's Hotel | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Alien Apocalypse | co-producer | |
| 2023 | Arctic Armageddon | co-producer | |
| 2023 | 12 Games of Christmas | executive producer | |
| 2023 | America Is Sinking | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Prepare to Die | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Planetquake | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Snow White and the Seven Samurai | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Monster Mash | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Ape x Mecha Ape: New World Order | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Earthquake Underground | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Road Wars: Max Fury | co-producer | |
| 2024 | War of the Worlds: Extinction | co-producer | |
| 2024 | The Twisters | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Continental Split | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Shark Warning | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Alien: Rubicon | co-producer | |
| 2024 | 24 Hours to D-Day | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Witch Hunter | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Gladiators | co-producer | |
| 2024 | Heretics | co-producer | |
| 2025 | The Land That Time Forgot | co-producer |