Biography

Patrick Towne's film and TV acting credits include supporting and leading roles in "Unintended" (Best Supporting Actor, IMPA 2019); "E for Edwin;" "7 Yards;" "Murder at the Broom Factory," "8 and ½ Circles," "Newsraven," "Black Canaries," "The Heartland," "Molly's Girl," "Sister Patchouli," "A View to a Kill," "Light Blast," "Free Spirit" and "Partners in Crime." Patrick's stage credits include "King Lear," "Hair," "Annie," "Music Most Foul," "A Time Out Of Rhyme," "The Miser," "Murder Medium Rare," "Oliver," "South Pacific, "Opening Night," "As You Like It," "The Taming of the Shrew, "Our Town," "The Lion in Winter," and "The Tempest."

Patrick's writing credits include award-winning screenplays and film adaptations of novels and stage musicals. Patrick's script "Padre's Cure" won an Award of Achievement at the 2018 Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) Awards and was an official selection of the Oaxaca FilmFest 2018. Patrick's film adaptations of "A Time Out of Rhyme" and "Music Most Foul" won the IMPA Award of Excellence for best screenplay in 2006 and 2008 respectively. "A Time Out Of Rhyme" also achieved a script rating of 8 out of 10 from a professional evaluator at The Black List: "Dear Patrick, Congratulations on your recent evaluation by our reader. Fewer than 5% of the scripts hosted on the site have received an overall score of 8 or above." Patrick's other screenwriting credits include "Blackberries in the Dream House," a screenplay based upon the Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel that won the IMPA award of Excellence for Best Unproduced Screenplay in 2015 and the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival's Award of Excellence for Best Unproduced Screenplay in 2016. Patrick is also the author of "Love at Work," a feature-length film script about a young woman in early 1970s San Francisco whose unexpected pregnancy forces her to become a successful businesswoman and turn the tables on a fickle boyfriend and a tough female competitor; "Goth King," a historical epic about Alaric of Balthi, the Goth mercenary who defended the Roman Empire until the Empire betrayed him and he sacked Rome in 410 A.D., signaling the fall of the Roman Empire; "Wild Woman Saint," a screenplay about the life and times of St. Catherine of Siena; "Wilderness Spirit," the story of legendary 19th Century wilderness lover and wilderness advocate John Muir; and "The Trouble With Oliver," a romantic comedy set in San Francisco in the early 1970s.
- IMDb mini biography by: Patrick Towne

Patrick's writing credits include award-winning screenplays and film adaptations of novels and stage musicals. "Music Most Foul" (TV Series Bible) and "A Time Out of Rhyme" (animated feature film) were both official selections of the 2020 Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) Awards. Patrick's script "Padre's Cure" won an Award of Achievement at the 2018 IMPA Awards and was an official selection of the Oaxaca FilmFest 2018. Patrick's film adaptations of "A Time Out of Rhyme" and "Music Most Foul" won the IMPA Award of Excellence for best screenplay in 2006 and 2008 respectively. "A Time Out Of Rhyme" also achieved a script rating of 8 out of 10 from a professional evaluator at The Black List: "Dear Patrick, Congratulations on your recent evaluation by our reader. Fewer than 5% of the scripts hosted on the site have received an overall score of 8 or above." Patrick's other screenwriting credits include "Blackberries in the Dream House," a screenplay based upon the Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel that won the IMPA award of Excellence for Best Unproduced Screenplay in 2015 and the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival's Award of Excellence for Best Unproduced Screenplay in 2016. Patrick is also the author of "Love at Work," a feature-length film script about a young woman in early 1970s San Francisco whose unexpected pregnancy forces her to become a successful businesswoman and turn the tables on a fickle boyfriend and a tough female competitor; "Goth King," a historical epic about Alaric of Balthi, the Goth mercenary who defended the Roman Empire until the Empire betrayed him and he sacked Rome in 410 A.D., signaling the fall of the Roman Empire; "Wild Woman Saint," a screenplay about the life and times of St. Catherine of Siena; "Wilderness Spirit," the story of legendary 19th Century wilderness lover and wilderness advocate John Muir; and "The Trouble With Oliver," a romantic comedy set in San Francisco in the early 1970s.
- IMDb mini biography by: Patrick Towne