Andrew Patterson (film director)

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Andrew Patterson (born June 1982) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature The Vast of Night won the Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/andrew-patterson/#.XtQXqkRKjIU|title=Andrew Patterson|website=Filmmaker|date=2019|author=Uniacke, Oliver|series=25 New Faces of Independent Film 2019}} Patterson lives in Oklahoma.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-05-28/director-steven-soderbergh-advice-for-andrew-patterson-the-vast-of-night|title=You have to read director Steven Soderbergh's advice to emerging director Andrew Patterson|date=May 28, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}}

Career

Patterson's interest in film started during his sophomore year in high school, when he worked as a film projectionist. Later he formed a production company, GED Media, in Oklahoma City producing commercials as well as promo shorts for the local basketball team Oklahoma City Thunder.{{cite web|url=http://moveablefest.com/andrew-patterson-vast-of-night/|title=Andrew Patterson on exploring all the possibilities in "The Vast of Night"|date=May 29, 2020|website=The Moveable Fest}}

In 2016, Patterson started making his first feature film, which he financed himself, The Vast of Night. He also wrote the script under the pseudonym James Montague with Craig W. Sanger. After being rejected by 18 film festivals, it finally premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival where it won Best Narrative Feature Audience Award, followed by wide critical attention.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/the-vast-of-night-oklahoma-indie-andrew-patterson-dazzling-debut-amazon-1202232583/ |title=Amazon's 'The Vast of Night': Inside Oklahoma Indie Andrew Patterson's Dazzling Debut |first= Anne |last=Thompson|date=June 1, 2020 |work=IndieWire}}{{cite news |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/5663415/interviews-and-video-oklahoma-filmmakers-achieve-sci-fi-dream-with-acclaimed-feature-film-debut-the-vast-of-night |title=Interviews and video: Oklahoma filmmakers achieve sci-fi dream with acclaimed feature film debut 'The Vast of Night' |first=Brandy |last=McDonnell|date= May 29, 2020 |newspaper=The Oklahoman }} The film was acquired by Amazon Studios, and released in drive-in cinemas on May 15, 2020, and on Amazon Prime on May 29. He has since made The Rivals of Amziah King, a revenge thriller set in the honeybee industry and starring Matthew McConaughey.{{cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2025/03/08/south-by-southwest-matthew-mcconaughey-movie-rivals-of-amziah-king/81570611007/|title=Oklahoma filmmaker Andrew Patterson's movie, starring Matthew McConaughey, debuting at SXSW|date=March 8, 2025|author=McDonnell, Brandy|newspaper=The Oklahoman}}