# Eric Patrick
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{{short description|American film director}}
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| birth_place = [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur%2C_Texas), TX
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'''Eric Patrick''' is an independent filmmaker, freelance animator, Guggenheim fellow, musician, and educator. He is currently a [tenure](/source/tenure)d [professor](/source/professor) in the Radio-TV-Film program at [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University).[[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 }}]
Originally from [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), he played in a band throughout the [Southern United States](/source/Southern_United_States) before he studied art and film at the [University of New Mexico](/source/University_of_New_Mexico) in [Albuquerque](/source/Albuquerque).[[http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/274/Eric_Patrick.html Independent Exposure – Eric Patrick]] He completed his MFA in experimental animation at [California Institute of the Arts](/source/California_Institute_of_the_Arts) (1997).[{{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}}]
==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."[{{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 }}] He has been awarded grants from the [John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation](/source/John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation),[[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 }}] the [Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund](/source/Texas_Filmmakers%E2%80%99_Production_Fund),[{{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}}] and The [Rooftop Film Fund](/source/Rooftop_Film_Fund).
His films have won awards at The [Black Maria Film Festival](/source/Black_Maria_Film_Festival),[{{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 }}] The [Humboldt International Film Festival](/source/Humboldt_International_Film_Festival), [Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid](/source/Semana_de_Cine_Experimental_de_Madrid), [South by Southwest](/source/South_by_Southwest) Film Festival (SXSW), The [Ann Arbor Film Festival](/source/Ann_Arbor_Film_Festival), [U.S.A. Film Festival](/source/U.S.A._Film_Festival), [Big Muddy Film Festival](/source/Big_Muddy_Film_Festival), and [Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona](/source/Festival_de_Cinema_Independent_de_Barcelona).[{{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 }}]
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](/source/Nickelodeon_(TV_channel)) program ''[Blue's Clues](/source/Blue's_Clues)''. He has taught film and animation production at the [University of Texas](/source/University_of_Texas) Austin, [University of North Carolina Greensboro](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_Greensboro), and [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University).[[http://1uffakind.com/gallery/ericpatrick/ericpatrick.htm 1uffakind ))) gallery ))) eric patrick]] His writing on animated documentaries and on ritual in animation have appeared in [Animac](/source/Animac) journal.[{{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 }}]
==References==
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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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