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Patrick Epino

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Birth name Patrick Epino
Nationality USA

Patrick Epino is an American filmmaker. His feature film Mr. Sadman made for the Independent Feature Project (IFP) Independent Filmmaker Labs is a satirical dark comedy about a Sadam Hussein body-double loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. It stars Al No'mani, Scoot McNairy, Rudy Ramos, Tim Kang, Amanda Fuller, and Cameron Bender and has received positive reviews from LA Weekly, Giant Robot Magazine and more, and Epino was also selected by the film magazine The Independent as one of its "10 Filmmakers to Watch" for that film. Along with Stephen Dypiangco he makes up the "National Film Society"[1] which is part of PBS and makes original web content related to films, filmmaking and film festivals that is viewable online.

Other than Mr. Sadman, Epino has directed a short film entitled "Void" under a Visual Communications "Armed With A Camera" Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. He has directed and written another short film entitled "Spunk" which appeared at a number of film festivals, including SingaFest. He has also served as a Producer on the short film, A Crossroad Called Manzanar. As a designer, he serves as the Director of Online and New Media at Suey Creative, an LA-based design agency.

Epino is a graduate of the University of Chicago and earned his MFA in Cinema from the film program at San Francisco State University. He is also from San Francisco, California and is of Filipino American descent.

Usually with

Dave Boyle
Dave Boyle
(1 films)
Tim Kang
Tim Kang
(1 films)
Rudy Ramos
Rudy Ramos
(1 films)
Amanda Fuller
Amanda Fuller
(1 films)
Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Patrick Epino (2 films)

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Actor

Surrogate Valentine
Directed by Dave Boyle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lynn Chen, Parry Shen, Calpernia Addams, Joy Osmanski, Natalie Lander, Patrick Epino
Rating60% 3.0017153.0017153.0017153.0017153.001715
San Francisco indie musician Goh Nakamura lives a life on the road, navigating friendships and relationships.

Director

Mr. Sadman
Mr. Sadman (2009)

Directed by Patrick Epino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Tim Kang, Scoot McNairy, Rudy Ramos, Amanda Fuller, Cameron Bender
Rating81% 4.0559354.0559354.0559354.0559354.055935
Avant la première Guerre du Golfe, Mounir, véritable sosie de Saddam Hussein, perd son travail et se retrouve perdu à Los Angeles à la recherche d'un nouveau départ. Après l'invasion de Sadam du Koweit, Mounir réalise à quel point son double est malfaisant et décide de tout faire pour oublier son ancienne vie et son ancien métier. Plus facile à dire qu'à faire...

Scriptwriter

Mr. Sadman
Mr. Sadman (2009)

Directed by Patrick Epino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Tim Kang, Scoot McNairy, Rudy Ramos, Amanda Fuller, Cameron Bender
Rating81% 4.0559354.0559354.0559354.0559354.055935
Avant la première Guerre du Golfe, Mounir, véritable sosie de Saddam Hussein, perd son travail et se retrouve perdu à Los Angeles à la recherche d'un nouveau départ. Après l'invasion de Sadam du Koweit, Mounir réalise à quel point son double est malfaisant et décide de tout faire pour oublier son ancienne vie et son ancien métier. Plus facile à dire qu'à faire...