{{short description|Canadian television producer}} {{Infobox person |name = Patrick Whitley |image = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> |birth_place = |death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = ''Second City TV''<br />''Canada's Next Top Model'' |occupation = Television producer }}
'''Patrick Whitley''' is a Canadian television producer.<ref name="PB"> {{cite news |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20040719/whitley.html |title=Patrick Whitley: the making of a producer |last=Dillon |first=Mark |date=July 19, 2004 |publisher=Playback |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>
==Background== Whitley began in the television industry at CFTO in 1970.<ref name="PB"/> He is known for his 5 years with ''Second City TV'',<ref name="PB"/> producing award-winning films for Showtime,<ref> {{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518061981.html?dids=518061981:518061981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+29%2C+1994&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=%2450+million+in+Metro-made+movies+planned&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021215610/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518061981.html?dids=518061981:518061981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+29,+1994&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=$50+million+in+Metro-made+movies+planned&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |title=$50 million in Metro-made movies planned |last=Adilman |first=Sid |date=June 29, 1994 |publisher=Toronto Star |pages=D3 |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> and as producer of ''Canada's Next Top Model''. In 1994 Whitley founded the Canadian production company Dufferin Gate,<ref name="PB4"> {{cite news |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20040719/showtime.html |title=Showtime praises longtime partner |last=Careless |first=James |date=July 19, 2004 |publisher=Playback |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> and in 1997 founded Temple Street Entertainment.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="PB2"> {{cite news |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20040719/timeline.html |title=Four decades of production |author=Playback Staff |date=July 18, 2004 |publisher=Playback|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/110731|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090128091747/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/110731|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-28|title=WHITLEY, Patrick |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref><ref> {{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2005-02-22-loonie-side-usat_x.htm |title=Moviemaking gets more expensive in Canada |last=Kirchhoff |first=Sue |date=February 23, 2005 |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> In 1999 he was elected to the board of the Canadian Film & Television Association (CFTA) and in 2000 became its vice-chairman.<ref name="PB2"/> In 2003 he launched the Ontario Film and Television Consortium (later renamed Film Ontario), and in 2004 he launched the Canadian Film & Television Industry Council.<ref name="PB2"/><ref name="PB3"> {{cite news |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20040719/mayson.html |title=Mayson: Whitley 'a wise and stable voice' |last=Careless |first=James |date=July 19, 2004 |publisher=Playback |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref><ref name="PB5"> {{cite news|url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20040719/dufferingate.html?print=yes |title=Celebrating a decade of service |last=Dillon |first=Mark |date=July 19, 2004 |publisher=Playback|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> In 2006 he sold his interests in Dufferin Gate and Temple Street Entertainment.<ref> {{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117946522.html?categoryid=1237&cs=1 |title=Founders sell Temple Street |last=Tillison |first=Tampson |date=July 10, 2006 |publisher=Variety |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== * 2003, receives 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' at Banff Television Festival<ref name="PB2"/><ref> {{cite journal |date=June 2003 |title=DUFFERIN GATE, KAHN, HEADLINE BANFF AWARDS |journal=Action |publisher=Canadian Film & Television Producers Association |volume=12 |issue=29 |url=http://www.cftpa.ca/newsroom/pdf/action/ACTIONJune03.pdf |accessdate=August 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706172530/http://www.cftpa.ca/newsroom/pdf/action/ACTIONJune03.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} </ref> * 2000, nominated for Gemini Award for ''Restless Spirits'' * 2000, won Daytime Emmy Award for ''Summer's End''<ref name="PB2"/> * 2000, nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for ''Sea People'' * 1999, nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for ''The Sweetest Gift''<ref> {{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117492245.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=Daytime Emmy Nominees List 1 |author=Variety Staff |date=March 12, 1999 |publisher=Variety |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> * 1998, won Daytime Emmy Award for ''In His Father's Shoes''<ref name="PB2"/><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.filmbug.com/asin/B0006N2E82 |title=In His Father's Shoes (1997) |work=filmbug.com |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> * 1997, nominated for Cable Ace Award for ''In His Father's Shoes'' * 1990, won Wise Owl Award from Retirement Research Foundation for ''Age-Old Friends'' * 1983, nominated for an Emmy Award for ''SCTV Network 90'' * 1982, nominated for an Emmy Award for ''SCTV Network 90''
==Filmography== Source:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/116646/Patrick-Whitley/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022060550/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/116646/Patrick-Whitley/filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-22|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2012|title=Patrick Whitley filmography|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/profiles/people/Credits/1081181/Patrick%20Whitley.html?dataSet=1|title=Patrick Whitley credits|publisher=Variety|accessdate=2009-08-12}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/110731?view=credit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530044843/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/110731?view=credit|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-30|title=Filmography - WHITLEY, Patrick|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>
* ''Canada's Next Top Model'' (8 episodes, 2006) * ''Blueprint for Disaster'' (1 episode, 2005) * ''Restless Spirits'' (1999) * ''Sea People'' (1999) * ''Summer's End'' (1999) * ''The Sweetest Gift'' (1998) * ''In His Father's Shoes'' (1997) * ''The Best of John Candy on SCTV'' (1996) * ''The Legend of Gator Face'' (1996) * ''Down Came a Blackbird'' (1995) * ''Mrs. Munck'' (1995) * ''Hostage for a Day'' (1994) * ''To Catch a Killer'' (1992) * ''Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'' (1990) * ''Age-Old Friends'' (1989) * ''The Christmas Wife'' (1988) * ''The Best of SCTV'' 1988) * ''Tidy Endings'' (1988) * ''Betrayal of Silence'' (1988) * ''Dynaman'' (1988) * ''Really Weird Tales'' (1987) * ''As Is'' (1986) * ''Grown-Ups'' (1985) * ''SCTV Channel'' (18 episodes, 1983–1984) * ''SCTV Network 90'' (31 episodes, 1981–1983) * ''Second City TV'' (52 episodes, 1978–1981)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0926071}}
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