Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Patrick Epino is a writer and director whose work highlights the stories of outsiders often pushed to society’s margins, both within his community and beyond.
His debut feature film, MR. SADMAN, a satirical black comedy starring Scoot McNairy, Amanda Fuller, and Tim Kang, was an official selection of the IFP Narrative Labs. He also co-created and co-directed AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS, an action comedy featuring Randall Park, Tamlyn Tomita, and Dante Basco, which was the first episodic project ever selected for IFP’s Emerging Narrative Forum.
Patrick is actively developing several new projects, including SOUTH CITY, an original coming-of-age comedy television series that was a finalist for the Film Independent Episodic Lab, and VETERANO, a bank heist crime drama, which recently advanced to the second round of the Sundance Development Track.
Through his production company, National Film Society, Patrick has delivered work for clients such as Amazon, Starz, Filmmaker Magazine, and IMDb. Additionally, its YouTube channel, which celebrates film and filmmaking, was a founding member of the award-winning PBS Digital Studios.
Patrick is also the director and producer of LONG DISTANCE, an independent narrative podcast and documentary series exploring stories within the Filipino diaspora. The show was selected for the inaugural PRX Google Podcasts Creator Program.
Based in Los Angeles, Patrick continues to explore stories that challenge perspectives and spotlight overlooked voices.
AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS
Feature Film • Action-Comedy
Creator/Director/Producer
An irreverent homage to the unsung villains of ’80s & ’90s action flicks, this nonstop action-comedy plunges a motley crew of washed up Asian bad guy actors into a deadly mission to take down Los Angeles’ most nefarious mob boss.
Starring Randall Park (Ant-Man and the Wasp, Fresh Off the Boat), Tamlyn Tomita (The Karate Kid Part II, The Good Doctor), Al Leong (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon), Dante Basco (Hook), Yuji Okumoto (The Karate Kid Part II), Aaron Takahashi (The Wedding Ringer), and George Cheung (Rambo: First Blood Part II).
* Official selection of the IFP Emerging Storytellers’ Project Forum.
* Distributed by Gunpowder & Sky (formerly FilmBuff) and available on digital platforms, including iTunes, Amazon and Google Play.
MR. SADMAN
Feature Film • Black Comedy
Writer/Director
A satirical fish out of water story about a 1990 Saddam Hussein double who loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new life.
Starring Al No’mani (Three Kings, Arrested Development), Scoot McNairy (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Narcos: Mexico), Amanda Fuller (Last Man Standing, Orange Is the New Black), Tim Kang (Magnum P.I., The Mentalist), and Rudy Ramos (Yellowstone, The High Chaparral).
* Official Selection of the IFP Narrative Labs and IFP Week.
VOID
Short Film • Comedy
Writer/Director
In a culture of quick fixes, a sad guy is trying to get happy—and so is everyone else.
* Distributed by Cinequest International.
SPUNK
Short Film • Comedy
Writer/Director
A man must come to terms with who and what he really is.
* Distributed by Microcinema’s Blackchair Collection.
