At the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he worked primarily as a director and producer, and also wrote several scripts. He did similar work in England for the BBC and ABC-TV[disambiguation needed] (London) and Granada TV (where he created the ground-breaking documentary Seven Up!) before embarking on a career as a feature-length filmmaking.
In 1967, Paul Almond married actress Geneviève Bujold with whom he had a son, Matthew James Almond. The couple divorced in 1973.
In 1976, Paul Almond married the photographer Joan Harwood Elkins.
In recent years, Almond has authored several novels.