Patrick Hale

Unique traits: Glassblower (Lamp-worker) | Front row seating for Hurricane Katrina (Pensacola) | Filmed in UKRAINE a month before Russian Invasion (Kiev) | Met Mr. McFeely whom walked us through the Art Installation when couldn't get tickets for (Pittsburgh) | Stagehand (Local 22 - Kennedy Center) | DP (Local 600 - LA) | Wrote Children's book 'OH! SO MANY ME'S!' | Awarded Fellowship for World Building from Unreal Engine - Body. Electric. (Game) | Intern-to-Editor (Discovery Studios) | Interviewed President in Nigeria | Filmed inches away from priceless artworks (Phillips Collection, DC)

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  LAKE OF DEAD EMPIRES Budget: $30M+ | Historical ⋄ War When WWI erupts, a loose-cannon British naval officer leads his motley crew on a death-defying mission into the heart of Africa to wrest control of Lake Tanganyika from the iron grip of the German army. Master and Commander meets The Death of Stalin

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  DARK SPOT Budget: $5M - $10M | War ⋄ Horror A young boy's dark visions lead him and his friends to a forbidden cave said to be a gateway to Hell, where his long-dead Vietnam veteran father waits to possess his son's body and escape eternal damnation. Sixth Sense meets A Nightmare on Elm Street

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  ROLL MODELS Budget: $100K - $1M | Historical ⋄ Family When a comedic host and her puppet friends use a magical forest to travel back in time and learn about the critical but overlooked contributions of women in wartime history, they discover that courage and ability know no gender.Dr. Who meets the Magic School Bus

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  BODY. ELECTRIC. Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Mystery In the shadow of the space elevator, the Halion Tether, new, artificial intelligence emerges forcing humanity to evolve, or die. To Kill A Mockingbird with robots.

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  GOVERNMENT INC. Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Comedy When the Navy's troubled Littoral Combat Ship program is threatened with cancellation, a young analyst, must work with contractors and sailors to turn one of the ships around before it's decommissioned.Homeland meets The Office.

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  THE MERM Budget: $0 - $100K | Fantasy ⋄ Comedy Two incompetent DOGE agents stumble through an investigation of a murderous mermaid only to lose their target, their passports, and their dignity when a journalist and the mermaid's aquatic friends outsmart them at the Mexican border. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? meets Cabin in the Woods.

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  THE RAMAYANA Budget: $1M - $5M | Family ⋄ Adventure While celebrating Diwali- A modern Indian family is drawn into a blizzard when an accident sends a young girl on a journey that parallels an epic Ramayana retelling, where duty, courage, and redemption weave through time.The Little Princess meets The Fall.

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  YOU'RE NOT LISTENING! Budget: $1M - $5M | Sports ⋄ Comedy A new dynasty emerges when a wealthy, second- generation Indian family is coerced, through parental guilt, into starting a professional basketball team.THE MINDY PROJECT MEETS SUCCESSION.

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  THE MONTE CRISTO KID Budget: $1M - $5M | Family ⋄ Drama After failing to graduate middle school, a young boy is forced to spend the summer at his aunt's performing arts school for students with disabilities. Karate Kid meets 10 Things I Hate About You

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  STARKIDS Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Family When a mysterious alien crash-lands on Earth seeking refuge, four siblings with newfound superpowers must band together to collect pieces of a magical meteorite before a sinister extraterrestrial force captures the alien and destroys their planet.My Favorite Martian meets Home Alone.

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  Love in Six Floors (2019)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Comedy) Writer / Director / Editor A woman's attempt to appear perfect leads to an imperfect romance.

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  NOVICHOK (2018)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Horror) Director / Writer / Editor Found footage of one woman's final moments after being infected with the Russian poison, Novichok.

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  30th Hispanic Heritage Awards (2017)
  Television by PBS (Reality-TV) Editor PBS AWARDS SHOW SPECIAL

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  CLARKE (2016)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Crime and Thriller) Director / Writer / Editor A paranoid man risks it all to find a killer on the dark web.

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  FRANK (2015)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Adventure and Family) Director / Writer / Director A child learns how to defend himself when his family is transported inside a video game.

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  DEADLINE (2015)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Comedy) Director / Writer / Editor A relentlessly tardy man races against the clock to get his film made.

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  Hoarding: Buried Alive (2010 - 2014)
  Television by Discovery Studios (Reality-TV) Editor With the help of experts, men and women fight to find a way to defeat their unhealthy obsession; hoarding.

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  VIDAL (2014)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Drama) Director / Writer / Editor A man has a conversation with his - selves.

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  CLAIRE (2014)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Crime and Horror) Director / Writer / Editor A killers obsessive tendencies lead to his capture.

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  DMITRI (2013)
  Film (short) by Rooks Productions (Drama) Director / Writer / Editor A tragedy from the past disables a family, causing the present to be unclear.

• Top 100 | ROLL MODELS | Launch Pad Pilot Competition
  (2025)

• Semifinalist | LAKE OF DEAD EMPIRES | Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
  (2025)

• Quarterfinalist | DARK SPOT | Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 9
  (2025)

• Quarterfinalist | THE MONTE CRISTO KID | Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Spring
  (2024)

• Semifinalist | BODY. ELECTRIC. | Filmmatic - Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Season 6
  (2024)

• Quarterfinalist | LAKE OF DEAD EMPIRES | Filmmatic - Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Season 5
  (2023)

• Semifinalist | LAKE OF DEAD EMPIRES | Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
  (2022)

• The Art Institute of Washington
  (2008-2011)