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Eric Patrick

Department of Radio/Television/Film

A specialist in animation and experimental filmmaking, Eric Patrick has worked as a commercial animator in Los Angeles and New York City. His animation for the program Blue's Clues on the Nickelodeon network was nominated for several Emmy Awards and received a Peabody Award. His own independent animated films include Stark Film and Ablution. Patrick's work has been shown in film festivals all over the world, including the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran, Animac in Spain, and the Black Maria Film Festival. Currently he is working on a film titled Retrocognition that is funded by the Guggenheim Foundation.

Education

BUS	Studio and Media Arts, University of New Mexico
MFA	Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts

Recent Work

Feb., 2007	Rites of the Frame: Independent Animation as a Ritual Act (Animac magazine)
Dec., 2005	Startle Pattern (animated short film)
Dec., 2003	Roothold (Divinating Gene) (animated short film)

Recent Awards and Honors

Black Maria Film Festival. Jersey City, NJ. January, 2007. Jurors’ Choice Award (For Startle Pattern).

Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival. Victoria, Canada.  February, 2007. Cinexplex Entertainment Award for Best Animated Short. (For Startle Pattern).

Cosmic Zoom Film Festival.  Copenhagen, Denmark.  February, 2007. Best Animation. (For Startle Pattern)

Delta International Film Festival.  Cleveland, MS.  March, 2007.  Best Animation (For Startle Pattern).

Brooklyn International Film Festival.  Brooklyn, NY.  June, 2007.  Spirit Award- Experimental Film (For Startle Pattern).

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2006)

Courses

RTVF 397-1	Advanced Production
RTVF 475	Graduate Production Workshop