# Patrick Whitley

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{{short description|Canadian television producer}}
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|known_for   = ''[Second City TV](/source/Second_City_TV)''<br />''[Canada's Next Top Model](/source/Canada's_Next_Top_Model)''
|occupation  = [Television producer](/source/Television_producer)
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'''Patrick Whitley''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [television producer](/source/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](/source/Playback_(magazine))
|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>

==Background==
Whitley began in the television industry at [CFTO](/source/CFTO) in 1970.<ref name="PB"/>  He is known for his 5 years with ''[Second City TV](/source/Second_City_TV)'',<ref name="PB"/> producing award-winning films for [Showtime](/source/Showtime_(TV_network)),<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](/source/Toronto_Star)
|pages=D3
|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>  and as producer of ''[Canada's Next Top Model](/source/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](/source/Playback_(magazine))
|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> and in 1997 founded [Temple Street Entertainment](/source/Temple_Street_Productions).<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](/source/Playback_(magazine))|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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Playback_(magazine))
|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](/source/Playback_(magazine))|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](/source/Variety_(magazine))
|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
* 2003, receives 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' at [Banff Television Festival](/source/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](/source/Gemini_Award) for ''[Restless Spirits](/source/The_White_Bird)''
* 2000, won [Daytime Emmy Award](/source/Daytime_Emmy_Award) for ''[Summer's End](/source/Summer's_End_(film))''<ref name="PB2"/>
* 2000, nominated for [Daytime Emmy Award](/source/Daytime_Emmy_Award) for ''Sea People''
* 1999, nominated for [Daytime Emmy Award](/source/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](/source/Variety_(magazine))
|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>
* 1998, won [Daytime Emmy Award](/source/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](/source/Cable_Ace_Award) for ''In His Father's Shoes''
* 1990, won Wise Owl Award from Retirement Research Foundation for ''[Age-Old Friends](/source/Age-Old_Friends)''
* 1983, nominated for an [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award) for ''[SCTV Network 90](/source/SCTV_Network_90)''
* 1982, nominated for an [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award) for ''[SCTV Network 90](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times)|publisher=[Baseline](/source/Baseline_(database)) & [All Movie Guide](/source/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](/source/Variety_(magazine))|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](/source/British_Film_Institute)|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>

* ''[Canada's Next Top Model](/source/Canada's_Next_Top_Model)'' (8 episodes, 2006)
* ''[Blueprint for Disaster](/source/Blueprint_for_Disaster)'' (1 episode, 2005)
* ''[Restless Spirits](/source/The_White_Bird)'' ([1999](/source/1999_in_film))
* ''Sea People'' ([1999](/source/1999_in_film))
* ''[Summer's End](/source/Summer's_End_(film))'' ([1999](/source/1999_in_film))
* ''The Sweetest Gift'' ([1998](/source/1998_in_film))
* ''In His Father's Shoes'' ([1997](/source/1997_in_film))
* ''The Best of John Candy on SCTV'' (1996)
* ''[The Legend of Gator Face](/source/The_Legend_of_Gator_Face)'' ([1996](/source/1996_in_film))
* ''[Down Came a Blackbird](/source/Down_Came_a_Blackbird)'' ([1995](/source/1995_in_film))
* ''[Mrs. Munck](/source/Mrs._Munck)'' ([1995](/source/1995_in_film))
* ''[Hostage for a Day](/source/Hostage_for_a_Day)'' ([1994](/source/1994_in_film))
* ''[To Catch a Killer](/source/To_Catch_a_Killer_(1992_film))'' ([1992](/source/1992_in_film))
* ''[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead](/source/Rosencrantz_%26_Guildenstern_Are_Dead)'' ([1990](/source/1990_in_film))
* ''[Age-Old Friends](/source/Age-Old_Friends)'' (1989)
* ''[The Christmas Wife](/source/The_Christmas_Wife)'' ([1988](/source/1988_in_film))
* ''The Best of SCTV''  [1988](/source/1988_in_film))
* ''Tidy Endings'' ([1988](/source/1988_in_film))
* ''Betrayal of Silence'' ([1988](/source/1988_in_film))
* ''[Dynaman](/source/Dynaman)'' (1988)
* ''Really Weird Tales'' ([1987](/source/1987_in_film))
* ''[As Is](/source/As_Is_(film))'' ([1986](/source/1986_in_film))
* ''[Grown-Ups](/source/Grown-Ups)'' ([1985](/source/1985_in_film))
* ''[SCTV Channel](/source/SCTV_Channel)'' (18 episodes, 1983–1984)
* ''[SCTV Network 90](/source/SCTV_Network_90)'' (31 episodes, 1981–1983)
* ''[Second City TV](/source/Second_City_TV)'' (52 episodes, 1978–1981)

==References==
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{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0926071}}

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