PATRICK IS A DIRECTOR FROM ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PATRICK COMES FROM A FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER DUE TO HIS ABSENT PARENTS. GROWING POOR AND WITH A FATHER WHO WAS PERIODICALLY IN AND OUT OF JAIL, THERE WERE A LOT OF ANXIETIES ON WHAT KIND OF MAN HE WILL TURN OUT TO BE. SO WHEN HE DISCOVERED FILM, IT BECAME THE THING THAT SAVED HIS LIFE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. IT STARTED OUT AS A HOBBY THAT GAVE HIM DIRECTION, WHICH LATER TURNED INTO LIVELIHOOD.
THROUGH HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES, HE LEARNED HOW TO MONETIZE ON HIS DEMONS AND CRAFT PERSONAL STORIES.
PATRICK HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK DEVELOPING HIS VOICE AND TALENT. HE HOPES THAT HIS PROJECTS CAN BE A TESTAMENT TO PEOPLE WHO COME FROM AN ENVIRONMENT SIMILAR TO HIS. HE BELIEVES THAT BY SHARING OUR STRUGGLES WE FEEL LESS ALONE AND IT HELPS LOOSENS THE GRIP OUR TRAUMA HAS ON US. PATRICK HAS APPLIED THIS PHILOSOPHY TO HIS FILMMAKING AND IN DOING SO HAS GONE ON TO BE SELECTED BY OSCAR AND BAFTA QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS SUCH AS LA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND BEEN FEATURED ON CINEASIAN (A CURATION SITE PROMOTING ASIAN FILMMAKERS).
