Jody Patton Filmography

Occupation:: Executive Producer, Producer, Executive in Charge of Production

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Where God Left His Shoes

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: John Leguizamo, Leonor Varela, David Castro, Samantha Rose, Dave Salerno

Synopsis: After months of living in an inner-city homeless shelter, Frank Diaz (John Leguizamo) receives an opportunity to get an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve. When Frank learns that he must first provide proof of employment before taking occupancy, he and his stepson set out to find the job Read More

12/12/08
Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Patrick Fugit, Cheryl Hines, Olivia Wilde, Clark Gregg, Matthew Lillard, Fran Kranz, John Cho

Synopsis: Reclusive college freshman Bickford Schmeckler (Patrick Fugit) is a virtual fountain of cool ideas, and he records every single one of them in his prized, steel-bound notebook. When the notebook is stolen by hedonistic sorority girl Sarah (Olivia Wilde) during a toga party and subsequently comes Read More

1/1/07
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial

Crew: Executive in Charge of Production

Synopsis: At a time when Darwin's theory of evolution is continually being challenged by proponents to Intelligent Design, the award-winning filmmakers at Nova explores the concept of evolution and ask whether or not Intelligent Design is truly a valid scientific alternative by examining the public uproar Read More

2007
Coastlines

Crew: Producer

Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin, Sarah Wynter, Scott Wilson

Synopsis: Victor Nuñez's Coastlines centers on Sonny (Timothy Olyphant), who is returning home after his release from prison. When he asks for money owed to him by local crime boss Fred Vance (William Forsythe), Vance responds by blowing up Sonny's home (causing the death of Sonny's father). Sonny moves in Read More

6/2/06
Hard Candy

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Holmes

Synopsis: A teenage girl agrees to meet a thirtysomething fashion photographer in person after becoming acquainted with him in an online chat room, and the resulting encounter finds the line between predator and prey slipping slowly out of focus in director David Slade's provocative and topical thriller. Read More

4/14/06
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bob Dylan, Paul Nelson

Synopsis: Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the tumultuous years between 1961 and 1966. Dylan allowed Scorsese to have access to hours of footage that had never before been made public, including a number of Read More

9/20/05
Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge [TV Documentary Series]

Crew: Executive in Charge of Production

2005
Lightning in a Bottle

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Ben Cauley, Natalie Cole

Synopsis: The United States Congress named 2003 the "Year of the Blues" as part of an initiative by several musical education groups to make more Americans aware of the history and heritage of blues music, one of America's most important homegrown art forms. To kick off this celebration of the blues, a Read More

10/22/04
Warming by the Devil's Fire

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee, Carl Lumbly

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Warming by the Devil's Fire is written and directed by Charles Burnett and narrated by Carl Lumbly. This installment explores the tension between the gospel and the blues through the semi-autobiographic tale of a young boy (played by Nathaniel Lee Read More

2003
The Blues: The Soul of a Man

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Keith B. Brown, Chris Thomas King, J.B. Lenoir, Skip James

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary series on PBS, The Soul of a Man is written and directed by Wim Wenders and narrated by Laurence Fishburne. This installment explores the work of the filmmaker's personal musical heroes: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J.B. Lenoir. Through reenactments and Read More

2003
The Blues: Piano Blues

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, Dave Brubeck, Jay McShann, Ray Charles

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Piano Blues is directed by actor, filmmaker, and pianist Clint Eastwood. This installment explores the director's fascination with piano blues and jazz, starting with Fats Waller and the early stride piano sound. The sound evolved into Read More

2003
Far from Heaven

Crew: Producer

Actors: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis

Synopsis: Maverick director Todd Haynes embraces the look and feel of classic Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s in this period drama. Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) and her husband, Frank (Dennis Quaid), are a seemingly perfect couple; living in a handsome suburban neighborhood in Hartford, CT, in 1957 Read More

11/8/02
Me & Isaac Newton

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Director Michael Apted's Inspirations (1997), which explored the nature of creative talent, laid the groundwork for this film in which he investigates scientific brilliance. Apted interviews seven noted figures from divergent fields, including elderly pharmaceutical chemist Gertrude Elion Read More

11/3/00
The Luzhin Defence

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson, Christopher Thompson, Orla Brady

Synopsis: A lush historical drama from Dutch director Marlene Gorris, The Luzhin Defense is set in Como, a gorgeous northern Italian lakeside town located at the foot of the Alps. The year is 1929, and Alexander Luzhin (John Turturro) is a talented Russian chess player travelling to Como by train for the Read More

2000
Titus

Crew: Producer

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Harry J. Lennix, Colm Feore, Angus MacFadyen, James Frain

Synopsis: One of William Shakespeare's lesser-known plays, Titus Andronicus was staged in New York by award-winning theatrical director Julie Taymor in an acclaimed 1995 production, before her widely praised Broadway version of The Lion King. Taymor revisits that production for her first motion picture Read More

12/25/99
Men With Guns

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Danny Rivera, Federico Luppi, Damian Delgado, Dan Rivera Gonzalez, Tania Cruz, Damián Alcázar, Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody, Iguandili Lopez

Synopsis: A powerful political allegory set in an unnamed Latin American country, Men With Guns concerns Dr. Fuentes (Federico Luppi), an elderly physician long involved with a group that trains young people to provide health care for the poverty-stricken citizens of the outlying hill country, where small Read More

1997
Inspirations

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Tadao Ando, David Bowie, Dale Chihuly, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Lecavalier

Synopsis: British filmmaker Michael Apted explores the creative process in this 100-minute documentary examining seven very different talents in action: David Bowie recording with his band; pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97) painting in his studio; Montreal choreographer Edouard Lock discussing modern Read More

1997