Michael Patten is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn.
His short films have screened at prestigious international festivals, including Rotterdam, Slamdance, and the Rooftop Screening Series.
His short documentary We Call Him Super was acquired by The New Yorker.
Patten's work often displays a compassionate curiosity toward "the outcast," exploring political themes and dark humor to reflect on society and culture at large.
A Brooklyn building superintendent narrates his own immigration story and re-examines his vision of America.
Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.
When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned for blasphemy, he is asked to destroy every copy, and threatened with arrest.