MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE:
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES Voting Member. Serves on the Executive Committee. Created and leads Short Film New Media Subcommittee formed to embrace the explosion of short film production, and a global shift of viewing habits.
THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
FILM INDEPENDENT
FILMMAKERS ALLIANCE
EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York City.
KENNEDY CENTER OF FINE ARTS, Washington DC.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, Mass.
EDUCATION:
THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, Director Fellow. MFA.
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, Amherst, Mass. BA.
STELLA ADLER, New York, New York.
GRANTS INCLUDE:
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
DIRECTOR’S JUNE LAB - SUNDANCE FILM INSTITUTE
FILM FESTIVAL MEDALS INCLUDE - ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for GRAFFITI, WINNER STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD for TRIPTYCH. GOLD MEDAL - Torino Int'l Film Festival, Italy. GOLDEN GATE AWARD - San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, GOLD MIKELDI - Bilbao Int'l Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain, GOLDEN EAGLE - CINE, Council on Internationa Events, GOLD HUGO - Chicago Film Festival
OTHER FESTIVALS INCLUDE: TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL, SITGES, DEUVILLE, SAN SEBASTION, DENVER
SCREENED THEATRICAL VENUES, domestic and internationally
BROADCAST on ABC, USA, LIFETIME, PBS, CINEMAX, SHOTIME, AE CHANNEL,
ECO-ART COLONY
Founder and Director of SHADOW RANCH and JOSHUA TREE GREEN. Joshua Tree Green is an eco lab developing off the grid living, using the best of modern and ancient technologies. We use indigenous materials, and build around the existing terrain and vegetation The project began in 1994, more than a decade ahead of the mainstreaming of the green movement. Shadow Ranch is an art colony with an entourage of musicians, sculptures, actors, writers, architects, photographers and multidisciplinary artists.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Matthew has been shooting photographs since his teens. His photo essays have been seen around the world,
published in numerous publications including Stern, Ichi-Ni-San, Quo. He shot THE FOOD CHAIN DIARIES, a futuristic adventure PHOTONOVEL set in 2030 about a group of young pioneers who leave the madness of modern life to create a utopian village in the beauty of Joshua Tree. THE STORY OF SHADOW RANCH is a Photo book on the Eco Art Community. He has been shooting GODDESS BUNNIE, the handicapped pre-op transsexual performer Sandie Crisp for the last 20 years.
MEDIA EVENTS
Produced concerts and multi-media events including those at Shadow Ranch, featuring, Fred Drake, The Masters of Reality, Victoria Williams, Clive Wright of Cock Robin, Freddy B DJ, and numerous others. Produced the immersion media event UNDER AQUARIUS, an above and below water multimedia extravaganza that audiences literally swam in.
TRAVEL / INTERNATIONAL BACKGROUND
Matthew has travelled to over 25 countries and 40 US States. He lived 4 years in Japan and a year in India. Currently he lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mary Kay and their two children. His father hails from Goldsboro, North Carolina and his mother from Tokyo Japan. His father HUGH T. PATRICK is a renowned Professor of Japanese Economics, and taught at Columbia Business School and Yale for 40 years and has published over a dozen books and 75 articles. His mother MATSUNO PATRICK manages INFUSION, a cultural exchange program between the USA and Japan. Her father KUHARA FUSANOSKE was a visionary Entrepreneur and Politician.
DIRECTOR / WRITER THE RED CHALK. Multi platform New media interactive Dramatic Narrative A man finds a magic chalk, and whatever he draws with it becomes real. For Web, Cable Television and Features.
DIRECTOR HIDER IN THE HOUSE is a thriller starring Gary Busey, Mimi Rogers and Michael McKean. Produced by Steven Reuther "HIDER IN THE HOUSE is an intelligent, gripping psychological thriller... What makes the difference is that director Matthew Patrick has taken trouble to explore fully the background of his villain-protagonist Tom Sykes and despite his violent actions there is still an underlying sense of sympathy for him. Patrick confidently directs with a good deal of thought and intelligence." VARIETY
DIRECTOR / CO-SCREENWRITER GRAFFITI a half hour dramatic film produced at the American Film Institute. A young man who lives in a military dictatorship, sketches illegal drawings on walls for thrills. "Matthew Patrick's GRAFFITI is the best short film we've seen. It packs more beauty and power into twenty-eight minutes than most features do in a couple of hours." AMERICAN FILM MAGAZINE Article: TEN PEOPLE TO WATCH ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Live Action Shorts.
DIRECTOR TAINTED BLOOD - Psychological thriller starring Raquel Welch, Joan Van Arc and Natasha Gregson Wagner. "This neat little thriller directed by Matthew Patrick makes a valiant effort to conceal the killer's identity and keep the level of interest high as one revelation after another sets the pendulum swinging between suspects." CINEFANTASTIQUE
DIRECTOR NIGHT OWL, Contemporary ghost story starring Jennifer Beales. A Ulysses type siren takes the form of a sexy DJ voice at a late night Jazz radio station and lures men to destruction.
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER TRIPTYCH, Special effects short film. Awards include: ACADEMY AWARD - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Student Academy Awards. 1ST PLACE - New England Film Festival, 1ST PLACE - Connecticut Film Festival, EXHIBITED - Theaters, museums, universities, galleries, TV,Warner interactive.
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER ATRAPADOS (TRAPPED), Independent feature made on a shoestring budget. Two strangers become trapped following the unexpected collapse of a building. "Fascinating indie fantasy film," VARIETY. "An apocalyptic, science fantasy." "Colorful, mysterious and unlike anything you’ve ever seen." LA TIMES. Telluride Film Festival Premier, represented the United States at the 26th San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain. Screened at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Played art theaters in large American cities
DIRECTOR SHACKLES - Demo - Drama about the Black Power Prison Movement in the late 1960's, starring Joe Morton and Jane Kaszmerak. Sundance Film Institute - Director Fellow - June Lab. Personally supervised by Stanley Kramer and Robert Redford.
CO-WRITER "The Lawless Land" for Roger Corman.
DIRECTOR "Video Milk" for WCVB/5, Boston.
DIRECTOR MUSIC VIDEOS