Paul Seban (21 October 1929 – 1 July 2020) was an Algerian-born French film director and journalist.
He worked alongside numerous big names in the film industry, including Alexandre Astruc, Marcel Carné, Stanley Donen, and Orson Welles.
Through the cinematic industry's difficulties in the 1950s, Seban also worked as an assistant director in television.
During a 1961 interview for the program Lectures pour tous, he met Marguerite Duras.
He also worked as a journalist, writing articles for Positif and Ligue de l'enseignement.