Andrew Patterson is an American filmmaker. His debut feature ''

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'' won the Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2019

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. Patterson was born in June 1982 and lives in Oklahoma.

Career

Patterson's interest in film started in his sophomore year in high school, when he worked as a film projectionist. Later he formed a production company, GED Media, in

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producing commercials as well as promo shorts for the local basketball team

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. In 2016, Patterson started making his first feature film, which he financed himself, ''

''. 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

where it won Best Narrative Feature Audience Award, followed by wide critical attention. The film was acquired by

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, and released in drive-in cinemas on May 15, 2020, and on

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on May 29. He has since made an as-yet-untitled film, a revenge thriller set in the honeybee industry.

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1982 births Living people Film directors from Oklahoma Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-1980s-stub