Biography
Patterson grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, near South Boulevard, and attended Loveless Academic Magnet Program. He then studied engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and entered a graduate psychology program at Vanderbilt University.Career
Patterson left the graduate program at Vanderbilt to accept a "prestigious Disney, ABC Writing Fellowship", which gained him access to career opportunities in film and television. He landed a staff writer position on '' Teen Angel'', and then became a writer for '' Frasier'' and for '' The Bernie Mac Show'' where he also was co-executive producer. For seven years, he worked on ''References
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