Danny Patrick is a film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. He began his career in writing for television

Television

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 and in 2000 directed his first feature film

Feature film

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, Malicious Intent, which became a cult film. He followed up with the acclaimed comedy gangster film Moussaka & Chips in 2005 and is currently filming The Best Years in 2010.

Background

Danny was born Daniel Patrick Ogle in London

London

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, England

England

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. He was first inspired to become a film director when he saw Stanley Kubrick's

Stanley Kubrick

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 The Shining

The Shining (film)

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 (1980) on home video at the age of eleven. He began making home movies using video equipment and in 1989 he attended film school

Film school

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 Strand Road University. In the next ten years, he wrote and developed television programmes with his flat mate Elliot Wilson. Patrick continued to write and develop his own projects, directing his first film in 2000, Malicious Intent.

Filmography

• 2000 Malicious Intent - Writer, Director, Editor
• 2003 Hey Mr DJ - Director, Writer
• 2005 Moussaka & Chips - Co-Writer with Emily Corcoran, Director
• 2010 The Best Years - Director, Writer

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