Pasha Patriki

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Pasha Patriki
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s) Cinematographer, director,
film producer
Years active2000–present
Notable work Gridlocked
Black Water
V/H/S/94
Brooklyn 45
You Gotta Believe (film)
Deathstalker
Website 9-light.com

Pasha Patriki is a Canadian film producer, cinematographer, and film director. He was director of photography (also commonly referred to as 'Cinematographer") on the films like Please Kill Mr. Know It All , [1] Gridlocked , [2] [3] The Sound [4] ,and the 2016 film Anonymous (also known as Hacker), noted for its polished and crisp visuals. [5] [6] Patriki is a founder of a film production & financing company, 9 Light Entertainment, which has executive-produced a number of films including Spare Parts and Broken Mile. [7] [8]

In January 2017, Patriki won the Best Cinematography award in the TV Drama category of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards for his work on the feature film Gridlocked, [9] [10] starring Dominic Purcell. Also in 2017, he directed as well was the cinematographer on Black Water , an action film starring Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme, released in 2018. [11] In September 2017, Patriki's 9 Light Entertainment partnered with a Canadian film sales and distribution firm Raven Banner Entertainment to form Hangar 18 Media, a film development and production company. [12] Since 2017, under Hangar 18 Media brand Patriki produced a number of films, notably Spare Parts (directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt), [13] Nail In The Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro, a documentary about a wrestler called Vampiro, directed by Michael Paszt, [14] V/H/S/94 , Brooklyn 45 , The Fight Machine, The Breach, and Sorry About the Demon . In 2023, Patriki produced Frankie Freako, a comedy-horror film directed by Steven Kostanski; the movie is set to be released in theaters on October 4, 2024. [15] In the same year, Patriki directed the TV movie The Threat Next Door [16] which premiered on Tubi, and worked as a Canadian producer on You Gotta Believe , the American sports film directed by Ty Roberts and starring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon and Molly Parker. [16] Also in 2023, Patriki, Slash, Michael Paszt, James Fler, Andrew T. Hunt and Rodrigo Gudiño launched the horror production company BerserkerGang. [17] In 2024 BerserkerGang company announced production of Deathstalker, a reboot of 1983 Roger Corman-produced movie of the same name , written and directed by Steven Kostanski, executive produced by Slash, produced by Patriki and Paszt, and starring Daniel Bernhardt. [18]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011The CollapsedCinematographer
2011KenneyvilleCinematographer [19]
2012The Great ChameleonCinematographer [19]
2012 Please Kill Mr. Know It All Cinematographer [1]
2013 Separation Cinematographer [19]
2014SomnolenceCinematographer [19]
2014The Christmas SwitchCinematographer
2015 Gridlocked CinematographerWinner in TV Drama category of the 2017 Canadian Society of Cinematographers [2] [9] [10]
2015Bigfoot and the BurtonsCinematographer
2016Hacker (also known as Anonymous)Cinematographer [5]
2016Broken MileExecutive producer [7] [8]
2017 The Sound Cinematographer [4]
2018 Black Water Director, Cinematographer, Producer [11] [20] [21] [22]
2018LifechangerExecutive Producer [23]
2019 Isabelle Cinematographer, Executive Producer [24]
2019Spare PartsProducer, Cinematographer [25]
2015Money PlaneCinematographer
2017The SoundCinematographer
2020Nail In The Coffin: The Fall And Rise of VampiroProducer, Cinematographer
2021 V/H/S/94 Producer [26]
2022The Fight MachineProducer [27]
2022The BreachProducer [28]
2022 Sorry About the Demon Producer [29]
2023The Threat Next DoorDirector
2023 Brooklyn 45 Producer [30]
2024 You Gotta Believe Producer, VFX Supervisor [16] [31]
2024 Frankie Freako Producer [15]
TBA Deathstalker Producer [18]

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