R. Paul Dhillon is an award-winning journalist, screenwriter, producer and director based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a degree in Communications and in Film from Simon Fraser University.

He has written, produced and directed numerous documentaries for televisions as well as two feature films, including his debut Sweet Amerika, a story set around the time of 9/11 about a Sikh grocery store owner in New York who is kidnapped by four American Patriots who mistake him for a terrorist sympathizer.

The well received film made its Sweet Amerika, which he co-wrote, produced and directed for MMM Film Finance International, was released in Canadian theatres on September 19, 2008. The well received film made its US Debut at the Spinning Wheels Film Festival of Hollywood in November 2008 and was theatrically released in US on May 22, 2009.

Dhillon's popular music documentary The Bhangra Generation and Sweet Amerika were acquired by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for airing on their specialty channel BOLD!