Patrick C. Clinton, PhD, MFA, MA

Feature Films – Narrative

• When a college student who grew up a ward of the state finds out he inherited a large estate, he and his friends decide to assess for themselves his new wealth, but quickly discover his long lost family was anything but normal.

• When Will convinces his friends that a camping trip in the forest near his hometown will be the perfect getaway, he forgets to mention that the whole area is haunted by supernatural forces.

Award:    2nd Runner Up, Feature, Full Moon Horror Convention & Film Festival, Little Rock, AR, 2007

Feature Films – Documentary    

Wanda the Wonderful, Directed by Carolyn Macartney
  Documentary, Feature Documentary, DSLR, 2011
            Credits: Assistant Editor and Lead Production Assistant

“Relieving the Past”
 Gothic Drama, Anticipated TRT: 15 mins., Blackmagic 4.6K (in production)
     Credits:  Producer, Director, and Writer

• After being left for the night with his estranged and bigoted grandfather, a young African American boy is confronted not only with his grandfather’s sudden death, but by a series of ghostly apparitions from earlier phases in his grandfather’s life.

• After discovering she is pregnant, an idealistic newlywed plans a special dinner to share the news with her husband, but instead she is confronted with the fact that he is cheating on her and must deal with the harsh realization that he is not the man she thought he was.

 “The Colony”
  Horror, Anticipated TRT: 15 mins., (in development)
     Credits:  Producer, Director, and Writer

• After one of their friends is killed, a group of three campers fight to destroy what they believe is a hidden colony of zombies.

“Battle of the Ads,” Directed by Trevor Marshall
  Comedy, TRT: 12 mins., Blackmagic 4.6K, 2018 (in postproduction)
Credits: Executive Producer, Producer

• While competing for a promotion at a high-profile advertising agency, a hard-working advertising designer must create a winning ad campaign after being drugged with a powerful sleep-aid by his mischievous co-worker.

“The Road to Haddonfield”
   Horror / Spec Film, TRT: 10 mins., HD, 2017 (in postproduction)
     Credits: Producer, Director, and Writer

• A spec film to raise money for the feature film Haddonfield.  Five coeds who are all representative of a final girl characters from iconic stalker films must save themselves from a crazed killer.

“Momma’s Here,” Directed by Trevor Marshall
  Psychological Thriller, TRT: 5 mins., Blackmagic 4.6K, 2018
Credits: Executive Producer, Co-Producer & Co-Writer with Trevor Marshall

• A young woman wakes up to find herself lost in a surreal version of her home as she franticly searches for her missing mother.

“Daddy’s Little Girl,” Directed by Greg Pauley
  Drama, TRT: 10 mins., 4K, 2017 (completed & entered into 2018 festivals)
     Credits: Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Writer with Greg Pauley, Story Writer

• An overprotective father and film buff must entertain his daughter’s first date for a dance while imagining worst case scenarios based on scenes from iconic movies.

“Peripheral Survivors,” Directed by Cydney Cox
  Drama, Anticipated TRT: 15 mins., Blackmagic, 2017
     Credit: Co-Producer with Cydney Cox
 
“Ancient Relics,” Directed by Emily Greenwood
  Comedy, TRT: 9 mins., HD, 2017
     Credit:  Executive Producer

“Baba Yaga,” Directed by Cydney Cox
  Drama, TRT: 6 mins., Blackmagic, 2016
     Credits: Executive Producer, Co-Producer with Cydney Cox

“Cricket,” Directed by Cydney Cox
  Dark Comedy, TRT: 1.5 mins., DSLR, 2016
     Credits: Producer

 “Missing” Directed by Brian Mbipeh
  Drama, TRT: 12 mins. 4K, 2016
     Credits: Executive Producer, Co-Producer with Maria Golihar

“Playing with Dolls,” Directed by Josh Rodriguez
  Thriller, TRT: 11 mins. HD, 2016
     Credit: Executive Producer

“R”
  Drama / Experimental, TRT: 24 mins., HD, 2015
     Credits: Producer, Director, Writer, and Editor

• Victims of a variety of sexual assaults relate their harrowing experiences through surreal images.

Awards:  Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Movie Awards, May 2013 (pre-release)
                 
“Murderface,” Directed by Greg Pauley
  Comedic-Horror, TRT: 5 mins., HD, 2015
     Credits:  Producer, Executive Producer

“Hex,” Directed by Greg Pauley
  Horror / SF, TRT: 14 mins., HD, 2015
     Credits:  Producer, Executive Producer, Script & Story Consultant

“The Stages,” Directed by Cydney Cox
  Drama / Experimental, TRT: 8 mins., 16mm, 2014
     Credits:  Producer, Production Manager, Co-Writer with Cydney Cox, Editor
 
“Reticuli,” Directed by Vince Williams
   SF / Horror, TRT: 7 mins., HD, 2014
     Credits:  Co-Writer with Vince Williams, Key Grip
    
“Welcome Home,” Directed by Daniel Tomlinson
   Drama, TRT: 12 mins., DSLR, 2014
     Credits:  Co-Producer and Storywriter with Daniel Tomlinson, Production Manager

 “Family Night”
  Horror / Dark Comedy, TRT: 13 mins., HD, 2014
Credits:  Producer, Director, Co-Writer with Parker May

• When John abducts the family that placed him for adoption, he quickly realizes that his life could have been a great deal worse.

“Innocence Anonymous,” Directed by Sophia Basiliadis
  Drama / Experimental. TRT: 15 mins., Short, HD, 2012
     Credits:  Producer and Storywriter with Sophia Basiliadis

“Sprint Down Magnolia,” Directed by Graham Clark
   Suspense, TRT: 5 mins., 16mm, 2011
            Credits: Assistant Director and Grip

“Counter,” Directed by Adrian Escobar
         Experimental, TRT: 13 mins., DSLR, 2011
            Credit: Co-Producer with Adrian Escobar and Alyssa Ann Evans

• Healing Through Expressive Arts and Reflective Thinking or H.E.A.R.T. is a project created to introduce middle school students to the visual arts in regions that have funding shortages.

• A concise and comprehensive timeline of the events that occurred on September 11, 2001.

Web Videos

“Overcoming Insomnia: A Guide to Falling Asleep (A Dark Parody)”
            Comedy, TRT: 5 mins., 2011
            Credits: Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Writer, Editor

“Gay Menace: The GOP on Gay Marriage (Parody Mashup)”
            Comedy / Satire, TRT: 4 mins., 2011
            Credits: Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

“Gene Sprinkle: A Portrait of an Artist”
            Experimental / Drama, TRT: 3 mins., 2011
            Credits: Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Writer, Editor

The Noxima Jones Series of Shorts
            Comedy / Satire, 2006 – 2007
            Credits: Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

Unproduced Screenplays & Treatments

• In this intense postmodern subversion of the traditional slasher film, every character is based on an iconic character from earlier films, and five final girl characters must escape a suburban home before a crazed killer picks them off one by one.

• Five friends on a weekend camping trip fight to survive not only an ancient Indian curse, but a group of sadistic locals.

• A stuffed bunny abandoned in an attic reminisces about the time he spent with a young girl as he longs to be found by somebody who will love him.

• While in a therapy session, a young girl is forced to relive her narrow escape from a crazed killer who tormented her and her boyfriend while they were staying at a motel.

• A relay narrative that jumps through excerpts of the lives of six vastly different gay men.

• Absurdly masked characters interact and create video blogs on current events.

• Five sole-survivors from traditional slasher films recount and relive their experiences in a surreal therapy session.

• After proposing to Kristen, Greg discovers that she has a dark and violent past, and she is willing to do anything to keep it a secret.