Eric Patrick is an independent filmmaker, freelance animator, Guggenheim fellow, musician, and educator. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Radio-TV-Film program at Northwestern University. [1]
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. Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont &ndashPort Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area of the U The University of New Mexico ( UNM) is a Public University in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [2] He completed his MFA in experimental animation at California Institute of the Arts (1997). The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia California, a suburb of Los Angeles California.
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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. "[3] He has been awarded grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation[4], the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund[5], and The Rooftop Film Fund. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr
His films have won awards at The Black Maria Film Festival,[6] The Humboldt International Film Festival, Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid, South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), The Ann Arbor Film Festival, U. South by Southwest ( SXSW) is a set of interactive, Film, and Music festivals and conferences that take place Ann Arbor Film Festival is an annual Film festival held in Ann Arbor in the U S. A. Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, and Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona. [7]
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. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel Blue's Clues is a Children's television show that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 8 1996 and ran until 2006 He has taught film and animation production at the University of Texas Austin, University of North Carolina Greensboro, and Northwestern University. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a public University in Greensboro, North Carolina and is a constituent institution of the University [8] His writing on animated documentaries and on ritual in animation have appeared in Animac journal. [9]
References
- ^ School of Communication at Northwestern University :: School of Communication :: New Faculty 2006
- ^ Independent Exposure - Eric Patrick
- ^ Southern Arts Federation - Supporting Arts in the South Since 1975 | Southern Arts Federation
- ^ Guggenheim Foundation 2006 Fellows Page
- ^ The Austin Chronicle: Search Results
- ^ Black Maria Film Festival
- ^ September 2007 - Eric Patrick | Southern Arts Federation
- ^ 1uffakind ))) gallery ))) eric patrick
- ^ Animac - Magazine
External links
- Eric Patrick at Canyon Cinema
- Eric Patrick at the Internet Movie Database
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