Bio
Grace Patterson is a 22 year old queer filmmaker from the San Francisco Bay Area. Patterson primarily works in video and installation. Her experimental films explore topics such as her grandma’s involvement in the psychic emergence movement of the 1970s, Patterson grappling with her own grief in relation to the Pulse Nightclub Massacre, to her grandpa coping with his recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Since 2015 she has been directing, editing, and producing short films. Her films have been featured in many film festivals around the world, ranging from the Bright Ideas Film Festival in Berkeley, CA, to the Katalyst Film Event in London. She is pursuing a BA in Art & Technology and a BA in Communications at Mills College, and is set to graduate in Spring 2021.
Film Festivals and Screenings
Reel Stories Student Film Festival, Oakland, CA, 2015
SLED SHORTIES Film Festival, San Leandro, CA, 2016
Reel Stories Student Film Festival, Oakland, CA, 2016
Reel Stories Student Film Festival, Berkeley, CA, 2017
Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, Oakland, CA, 2018
"Oaklandish: More Than a Shirt"
RedBull Amaphiko's Oakland Cuts, Oakland, CA, 2018
"Advice from Beyond With Psychic Petey Stevens"
The Katalyst Film Event, London, 2020
"I Too Am A Lucky Man: Living With Parkinson's Disease"
Bright Ideas Film Festival, Berkeley, CA, 2019
International Rare Disease Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2021