WORK EXPERIENCE
Self-Employed — Producer/Director/Writer 2015 – Present
• Led creative and business decisions for documentary, narrative, and commercial productions.
• Hired crews, maintained production schedules, set budgets, and managed post-production.
• Maintained relationships with financiers, industry executives, prominent talent, and press.
• Developed documentaries and narrative screenplays. I Want My MTV (2019) Producer/Writer/Co-Director
Feature Documentary. TriBeca Premier
Acquired by A&E Networks for global distribution, Audience Award at American Film Festival
Cosmic Debris (2018) Director, Producer
Mixed Media Documentary Short. TriBeca Premiere, Short of the Week Piano Man (2018) Producer/Co-Writer
A musical comedy, optioned by Lionsgate
Shinebox Media Productions — Producer/Production Manager 2006 – 2010
• Managed schedules and budgets for commercials, documentaries, and short films.
• Built client relationships ranging from corporate executives to early-stage startup founders.
• Wrote and conducted interviews with prominent politicians, journalists, and executives. Killer at Large (2009) Co-Producer/Production Manager/2nd Unit Director A documentary overview of the American obesity epidemic, one of the first documentaries to get an audience by streaming on Netflix.
EDUCATION
UC Berkeley 2010 – 2014
BA, Interdisciplinary Studies Field: Media, Technology, and Society. High Honors. Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology. UCLA 2014 – 2016
MFA, School of Theater, Film, and Television: Producer’s Program Panavision New Filmmakers Grantee
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Skills: Production, Scheduling & Budgeting, Writing, Editing, Strategic Planning, & Partnerships Interests: Film, Music, Parenting, Environmentalism, Hiking, Cooking, Photography, Continuous Learning Patrick Waldrop
**************@*****.*** · 323-***-**** · Burbank, CA I'm curiosity-driven. I believe in collaboration and focus on being creative, yet practical, receptive, and resourceful.