colleen patrick


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Colleen's book writing credits include Mind Over Media, published in 1987 by CHEF Publishing (ISBN 0-935529-04-07) and The 100% Solution, published in 1992 by Meadow Brook Publications (ISBN 0-9634281-0-1).

                         

She is currently an Acting for the Camera columnist for movieScope international magazine. She was a regular contributor to the screenwriters' magazine ScreenTalk.

Here are some of her columns from ScreenTalk:

It Looked Like a Movie

Fear of Success

Achieving Championship Writing Mentality

Your Championship Writing Mentality: 
     How to Achieve It

The Writer's Identity Crisis

Writing With - and Without - Hitchcock

Personal Deception

It's a person

A Writer's Trust

Move!

screenwriting credits

Feature films - produced:

MIXING KARMA, with Ken Oelerich 2004

Scripts optioned:

INTO THIN AIR - Landis Productions

Feature film scripts - in development:

THE WHOLE TRUE (writer/director)

THE HERBALIST (writer/director)

THE DIRECTOR

Writer - Director - Producer Colleen Patrick's screenplay The Director was a finalist in the 2005 Sundance Filmmaker's Lab competition; a finalist in last year's Washington State Screenwriting Competition; and quarter-finalist in 2003's CineStory competition.  In 2000 her screenplay The Lucky Penny finished in the top 10% of Austin's Heart of the Film competition, and she was a finalist in the Disney scriptwriting competition with a "Frasier" script, The Hero.

A NOVEL LIFE
TRAIN OF RECKONING
(with John Beresford)
GORDON UNPLUGGED (with John Beresford)
AMBER UNLEASHED (with John Beresford)
EVERYDAY EVIL

Feature scripts - in progress:

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (animated feature)
THE HERBALIST
(with Chris Koruga)
THE LONELY GOATHERD
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
THE LUCKY PENNY
SHE-LOCK!
THE BEST REVENGE
GONZO BABE!
INTO THIN AIR
GHOST DOG

Short film scripts - in progress:

FREEDOM (also director/producer) 2006
MERCY (also director/producer) 2006

Short film scripts - completed:

THE HERBALIST (with Chris Koruga)

Short films - produced:

MORTAL WOUND (also director/producer) 2006
LIFE AS ART (also director/producer) 1997
A CIRCLE OF ONE (also director/producer) 1998
WALLS (also director/producer) 1999
BEHIND THE MOVIE SCREEN (also director/producer) 2000
MOMMY NEAREST (also director/producer) 2003
GETTING EVEN (also director/producer) 2003
HOME (also director/producer) 2003
CROSSROADS (also director/producer) 2003
A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT (also director/producer) 2003
POETIC JUSTICE (also director/producer) 2003

Book manuscripts in progress:

SECRETS OF THE SUCCESSFUL CAMERA PERFORMANCE
STOP SELLING, START SUCCEEDING
(with Charles S. Zittel)

"(My writing partner) and I spent a couple of hours working through our draft script (THE WAKE UP CALL) with Colleen. The insight Colleen provided was great. She walked us through page by page and provided feedback on how the dialogue would work for the actors, what to look for in terms of casting given who the characters are and lots of tidbits on approaches to directing. Our session with Colleen provided good practical information coupled with lots of positive feedback that has helped fuel our project."

                                        Lise Owens, filmmaker, Vancouver, BC

"Colleen added Craft to my concept, taking my first short film script to the next level. Walking through the script with her, I'm sure I gained more insight into screen writing than any weekend workshop or lecture could offer. And everything I learned, I'll apply to subsequent projects."

Mia Stark, writer/director Vancouver, BC

 

 
         
       

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