Patrick Brice

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Patrick Brice
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Patrick Brice in April 2015
BornDonat Patrick Kack-Brice
(1983-04-23) April 23, 1983 (age 40)
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor

Donat Patrick Kack-Brice (born April 23, 1983), known professionally as Patrick Brice, is an American film director, [1] actor, screenwriter and cinematographer. [2] He is known for directing Creep (2014), [3] The Overnight (2015), [4] [5] Creep 2 (2017), Corporate Animals (2019) and There's Someone Inside Your House (2021).

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Career

Brice was born and raised in Grass Valley, California. [6] He graduated with a BFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Film & Video. [6] Creep , his first feature-film as director/writer/actor (co-starring Mark Duplass), was produced by Blumhouse Productions: it premiered at SXSW 2014 and was released through Netflix. [7] His second feature as director/writer, The Overnight (with Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling and Jason Schwartzman) premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released by The Orchard. [8] [9] He wrote and directed Creep 2, starring Duplass and Desiree Akhavan: it was released in 2017 through Netflix. [10] His latest film as director, Corporate Animals , starring Ed Helms and Demi Moore, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. [11]

In March 2019 it was announced that Brice would direct the Netflix slasher film There's Someone Inside Your House , [12] an adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name by Stephanie Perkins, with Henry Gayden writing the script. It was produced by 21 Laps Entertainment and Atomic Monster. [13] [14] The film was released on October 6, 2021. [15] [16] [17]

In July 2020, it was announced that Brice would develop, write and direct a film adaptation for HBO Max based on Owen Laukkanen's suspense thriller novel titled The Wild. [15] [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2014 Creep YesYesAlso cinematographer and actor
2015 The Overnight YesYes
Hang LooseYesYesCo-directed with Sammy Harkham
2017 Creep 2 YesYesAlso cinematographer and actor
2019 Corporate Animals YesNo
2021 There's Someone Inside Your House YesNo

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2017–2019 Room 104 YesYesDirected episodes: "Pizza Boy", "Hungry", "Itchy", "Crossroads", "No Dice";
Wrote and directed episode: "Animal for Sale"

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