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Patrick Creadon (born May 4, 1967) is an American filmmaker known for his work in documentaries. His first film, Wordplay, profiled New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz and premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The film screened in over 500 theatres nationwide and became the second-highest grossing documentary of that year. His second film, I.O.U.S.A., is a non-partisan examination of America's national debt problem and forecast the 2008 financial crisis. I.O.U.S.A. premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was later named one of the Top 5 Documentaries of the Year by film critic Roger Ebert.
Other works include the documentary features If You Build It (2013), the ESPN 30 for 30 film Catholics vs. Convicts (2016), and Hesburgh (2019). He also works as a commercial and television director.
Creadon is one of only a handful of filmmakers to have multiple films ranked among the Top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time simultaneously. Other filmmakers who have done this include Werner Herzog and Academy Award winners Michael Moore, Errol Morris, Alex Gibney, Charles H. Ferguson, Morgan Neville, and Davis Guggenheim.
In 1993, he moved to Los Angeles after being accepted to the AFI Conservatory, where he earned his master's degree in cinematography. His thesis film Tendrils (on which he served as Cinematographer) was nominated for a student Academy Award in 1997. As a cameraman, his work has appeared on every major network, including NBC, CBS, ABC, MTV, VH1, and ESPN. He has also done work for Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Sony, Universal Studios, and Disney.
| 2006 | Wordplay | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley | -Selected as one of the Top 5 Documentaries in 2006 by the National Board of Review.
-Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival for Best American Documentary Film. -Nominated for a 2007 Critics' Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature. -Won the 2006 Golden Tomato Award from Rotten Tomatoes for Best Reviewed Documentary. | |
| 2008 | I.O.U.S.A. | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley | -Shortlisted for 2008 Best Documentary Feature by the Academy Awards.
-Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival for Best American Documentary Film.
-Nominated for a 2009 Critics' Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature. -Named one of the Top 5 Documentaries of 2008 by Roger Ebert. | |
| 2014 | If You Build It | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley | -Won the Bright Future Award in 2014 from the Film Independent Spirit Awards, awarded to a filmmaker whose work best exemplifies a commitment to telling stories of positive change in the world.
-Won Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Art, Architecture, + Design from the Newport Beach Film Festival. | |
| 2015 | All Work All Play | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley John Kessler | -Released by Fathom Events on over 1,100 screens worldwide | |
| 2016 | Catholics vs. Convicts | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley | -Film was made as part of the ESPN 30 for 30 series.
-Nominated for a 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. | |
| 2019 | Hesburgh | Patrick Creadon | -New York Times "Critics' Pick".
-Named one of the Best Documentaries of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly. | ||
| 2019 | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley
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Joe Berry | -Opening Night film 2019 Slamdance Film Festival. -Won the Audience Award at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival. | ||
| 2022 | The Loyola Project | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley | -"Mesmerizing!" -The Chicago Sun-Times | |
| TBD | The Pantone Guy | Patrick Creadon | Christine O'Malley | Biography of Larry Herbert, creator of the Pantone Matching System. |
A 2008 episode of The Simpsons, "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words", is based on the film. James L. Brooks got the inspiration for the episode after watching Wordplay. "We felt both Will and Merl were very compelling, off-the-beaten-track personalities in, who would fit into our universe very well," Brooks said. The episode was written by Tim Long, and directed by Nancy Kruse, and guest starred crossword puzzle creators Merl Reagle and Will Shortz as themselves.
Creadon and his wife, producer Christine O'Malley, borrowed $100,000 from family and friends to make Wordplay over the course of 2005–06.
In promoting the documentary, Creadon was interviewed by APM's Marketplace, CNN's Lou Dobbs, MSNBC's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with David Shuster, NPR's Tavis Smiley, and others.
Creadon is married to and works with producer Christine O'Malley. They live in Los Feliz, California, where they are raising their three daughters, Fiona, Grace, and Charlotte.
He was a member of the U.S. Documentary Jury at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2010, Creadon spearheaded support for documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger during his legal battles against Chevron Corporation.[9] Chevron sued for and won the right to gain access to all the footage Berlinger had shot during production of his film Crude. The letter, co-signed by editor Doug Blush and supported by the International Documentary Association, was signed by over 200 members of the documentary community, including over 20 Academy Award winning documentary filmmakers. Berlinger appealed the decision and won a more positive ruling in a later hearing.[10]
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He is a founding member of the Documentary Committee at the Directors Guild of America. He currently serves as co-chair of the DGA Documentary Awards Committee along with Yance Ford. Creadon and O'Malley are both members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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