
Person
Patrick Bresnan
Directing
Biography
Patrick Bresnan is a visual artist and filmmaker. After a formative period working for prominent Mission School artists Barry McGee (aka Twist) and Clare Rojas, he co-directed the short documentary The Send-Off (2016) with his partner Ivete Lucas. His short, The Rabbit Hunt, world-premiered at Sundance in 2017 before competing at the Berlinale, and has won over 20 awards including The Cinema Eye Honor. In 2017, he and Lucas directed the short Roadside Attraction which premiered at TIFF.
Known for

Naked Gardens
Director

First They Came for My College
Director

Boys State
Camera Operator

Pahokee
Director
The Send-Off
Director

The Curse and the Jubilee
Director of Photography

Happiness Is a Journey
Director

The Rabbit Hunt
Director of Photography

The Passing
Director

Skip Day
Director
Filmography
- 2026First They Came for My CollegeDirector
- 2024Naked GardensDirector
- 2023The PassingDirector
- 2021Happiness Is a JourneyDirector
- 2020Boys StateCamera Operator
- 2019PahokeeDirector
- 2018Skip DayDirector
- 2018The Curse and the JubileeDirector of Photography
- 2017Roadside AttractionDirector
- 2017The Rabbit HuntDirector of Photography
- 2015The Send-OffDirector
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