Scott Patterson (born 21 January 1962) is an Australian film director and film editor.
Scott Patterson | |
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| Born | (1962-01-21) 21 January 1962 (age 60) Crows Nest, Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Film director, film editor |
| Years active | 1988–2004 |
Before moving towards directing and film producing, Patterson used to work for the Australian television production company, Ross Wood Productions. Patterson's debut feature film, A Wreck, A Tangle, received an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for 'Best Achievement in Sound' in 2000. It also won an Awgie Award from the Australian Writers' Guild in the category 'Feature Film – Original'.
His films have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival,[1] making him one of only a few Australian film directors to have films screened at both of these festivals.[2] His short film Lessons in the Language of Love was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[3] He has also directed and produced commercials featuring Tina Turner and his 2001 short film Pact won the 'Premiere Award' at the Hamburg Short Film Festival.[4]
Patterson's 2004 feature film, The Crop, received the prize for 'Best International Feature Film' at the New York International Film Festival in 2005.[5][6]