Eric Patrick

{{short description|American film director}} {{infobox person | name = Eric Patrick | birth_place = Port Arthur, TX | birthname = | yearsactive = }} '''Eric Patrick''' is an independent filmmaker, freelance animator, Guggenheim fellow, musician, and educator. He is currently a tenured professor in the Radio-TV-Film program at Northwestern University.<ref>[http://commweb.soc.northwestern.edu/2006faculty/ School of Communication at Northwestern University :: School of Communication :: New Faculty 2006]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Originally from Port Arthur, Texas, he played in a band throughout the Southern United States before he studied art and film at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.<ref>[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/274/Eric_Patrick.html Independent Exposure – Eric Patrick]</ref> He completed his MFA in experimental animation at California Institute of the Arts (1997).<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Patrick |url=https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/eric-patrick/ |website=Northwestern School of Communication |publisher=Northwestern University |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>

==Films== Patrick's films focus on low-tech, traditional, film-based techniques to explore ideas of consciousness and decay. According to the Southern Arts Federation, his films are "filled with eerily beautiful visuals that evoke a surreal, otherworldly feel which is complemented by the absence of a traditional narrative."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.2821367/k.840D/September_2 |title=Southern Arts Federation - Supporting Arts in the South Since 1975 {{!}} Southern Arts Federation |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415220855/http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.2821367/k.840D/September_2 |archive-date=2013-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has been awarded grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,<ref>[http://www.gf.org/06fellow.html Guggenheim Foundation 2006 Fellows Page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027041319/http://www.gf.org/06fellow.html |date=October 27, 2008 }}</ref> the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Chronicle |date=1997-03-14 |title=Search & Destroy |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/search-and-destroy-11735261/ |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=The Austin Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> and The Rooftop Film Fund.

His films have won awards at The Black Maria Film Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/films.php?qs1=2007&qs2=jcho |title=Black Maria Film Festival |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307075207/http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/films.php?qs1=2007&qs2=jcho |archive-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Humboldt International Film Festival, Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid, South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), The Ann Arbor Film Festival, U.S.A. Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, and Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.2821367/k.840D/September_2007__Eric_Patrick.htm |title=September 2007 - Eric Patrick {{!}} Southern Arts Federation |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517060138/http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.2821367/k.840D/September_2007__Eric_Patrick.htm |archive-date=2008-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

His filmwork includes ''Stark Film'' (1997), ''Ablution'' (2001), and ''Startle Pattern'' (2005).

==Animation== Patrick has also worked as a commercial animator, most prominently for the Nickelodeon program ''Blue's Clues''. He has taught film and animation production at the University of Texas Austin, University of North Carolina Greensboro, and Northwestern University.<ref>[http://1uffakind.com/gallery/ericpatrick/ericpatrick.htm 1uffakind ))) gallery ))) eric patrick]</ref> His writing on animated documentaries and on ritual in animation have appeared in Animac journal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://animac.info/ANIMAC_2004/ENG/animac_magazine_04.html |title=Animac - Magazine |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119125135/http://www.animac.info/ANIMAC_2004/ENG/animac_magazine_04.html |archive-date=2008-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061020192313/http://www.canyoncinema.com/P/PatrickE.html Eric Patrick] at Canyon Cinema * {{IMDb name|1391056}}

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