STRIKE DOCS

Mr. Francis produces behind-the-scenes special features for Strike.TV productions and is the creator of "Strike Docs". Patrick is currently in production on a feature documentary about the making of Strike.TV from its inception during the '07/'08 Writer's Strike up to the present.

Francis recently completed a feature documentary on the maverick film director, Andre deToth. Entitled "Andre deToth: The Director's Director" the film probes the connection between deToth's wild life (his escape from Nazi-occupied Poland, the devastating collapse of his marriage to Veronica Lake, his resilience after breaking his neck three times) with his extraordinary cinema (A-pictures, B-pictures, noirs, westerns, war films, and the 3-D classic, House of Wax). A collaborative effort shot over the last years of deToth's life, the film is an intimate portrayal of a man who truly lived life on his own terms. Directors Quentin Tarantino, Nicolas Roeg, Richard Donner, and Bertrand Tavernier also pay tribute to this under-appreciated artist.

Patrick currently works as a freelance producer/editor who has made video content for the The Film Noir Foundation, Interviewing Hollywood, UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television, and many others. He's also written several screenplays for hire (which hopefully will never be produced) as well as film-related journalism, L.A. Weekly and MovieMaker Magazine, among them.