Patrick James Verlin
Producer | Director
Since the age of 5, I have always been drawn to a camera. I learnt first with my brother’s Lego webcam & windows movie maker, before graduating to my grandfather’s mini-dv camcorder.
Patrick is a producer, director & writer from Melbourne, Australia. As a producer his films have been recognised at the BAFTA YUGO shortlist and the BSC Cinematography Awards. His directing and producing work has screened at premiere international BAFTA and Oscar qualifying film festivals.
He majored in film studies in his undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne and worked as a DJ on radio and techno clubs before training at the London Film School and National Film & TV School (NFTS). His writing often explores themes of masculinity, love & connection in contemporary society with a quirky flavour.
He is based between London & Melbourne and in 2023 opened a production company, Courageous Donuts, with his long term collaborator, Antonio Donato.
His favourite films (in no particular order) are:
‘The Matrix’, ‘Vertigo’, ‘Aftersun’, ‘Cinema Paradiso’, ‘Punch Drunk Love’ & ‘About a Boy’
He majored in film studies in his undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne and worked as a DJ on radio and techno clubs before training at the London Film School and National Film & TV School (NFTS). His writing often explores themes of masculinity, love & connection in contemporary society with a quirky flavour.
He is based between London & Melbourne and in 2023 opened a production company, Courageous Donuts, with his long term collaborator, Antonio Donato.
His favourite films (in no particular order) are:
‘The Matrix’, ‘Vertigo’, ‘Aftersun’, ‘Cinema Paradiso’, ‘Punch Drunk Love’ & ‘About a Boy’
patrick@donuts.film