Patrick Gillies
Christchurch-based Patrick Gillies hit his stride as a director after training to be a news cameraman and editor. His work has been selected for 40+ film festivals worldwide; comical short films Admit One (1999) and Kitty (2002) were both nominated for awards at the Montréal World Film Festival. Gillies put money from an AMP Scholarship towards "warped action comedy" Offensive Behaviour (2004), his debut feature. He also wrote and directed follow-ups The Holy Roller and My Name is Heather. The latter film explores starting over in Christchurch after the quakes. Gillies works as a film tutor at the Southern Institute of Technology.
I used to think 'hope' was merely a carrot, a means to anaesthetise us from our own inevitable mortality. Now I realise it's also a survival instinct, a powerful source of motivation when surrounded by helplessness. Patrick Gillies on completing movie The Holy Roller amidst the Christchurch quakes, The Sunday Star-Times, 18 September 2011
Charlie Floyd's Visionarium
2015, Executive Producer - Short Film
The Holy Roller
2011, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Post-Production Supervisor, As: street dancer, seedy soliciting man - Film
Huhu Attack!
2011, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer - Short Film
The Pretender
2005, Director - Television
Offensive Behaviour
2004, Director, Writer, Second Unit Camera Operator, Editor, Sound Design, Producer - Film
Kitty
2002, Director, Writer, Executive Producer - Short Film
Admit One
1999, Director, Writer, Producer - Short Film
Lemi's Comic-Strip Capers
1997, Director, Writer, Co-Producer - Short Film