PATRICK HOGAN Writer, Director, Blindsided Showing at Garden State Film Festival; Sound Editor MFA, USC Film School

#realconversations #soundeditor #USCFilmSchool #horror #GSFF#Emmy #LowVision #director CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN — WE THE SPECIESHosted by Calvin SchwartzMeet PATRICK HOGAN. “Since I’ve been interviewing for the Garden State Film Festival, Ifigured using a film motif for my comments. My interview with Patrick Hogan is‘Back to School.’ The time with Patrick was a special learning experience. Hisfilm, ‘Blindsided,’ is horror, sensory storytelling, fear, empathy, and craftat the highest level. Patrick is quintessential Hollywood. Brilliant, eloquent,dedicated, and magical. An MFA from USC film school. When not making films, hewas nominated ten times for an Emmy as a sound editor. He made a funny commentabout the ten times nominated. And he’s worked on iconic shows like ‘Six FeetUnder’ and ‘Cobra Kai.’  More schoolingfor me. Blindsided. A blind schoolteacher struggles through a nightmarish nightwhen an alien spaceship crashes. The production features a low-vision cast. Aspecial camera that the blind protagonist wears. Then ‘Lord of the Rings’ wasmore schooling. More sound bites. I mentioned ‘From Here to Eternity.’ Thesound of a screen door closing, an echo in an empty rec-room in 1941 PearlHarbor, still resonates with me. And I had Patrick, a ‘teacher’, to expressthis too.  I’ve been waiting five decadesto sound off. And AI came up. As did the 1956 film ‘Forbidden Planet.’ Wecould’ve gone on for a few more hours. But the school bell rang.”  Calvin🎙️ 700+ Interviews &Videos📺 9,400+ Subscribers —and growing👉 Please Subscribe:https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEsGLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People.**PATRICK HOGAN; Writer, Director, ‘Blindsided;’ Showing atGarden State Film Festival; Sound Editor; MFA, USC Film SchoolYouTube:Bio: Born and raised on the island of Guam, Patrick attendedNorthwestern University and then earned his MFA from USC film school. Histhesis film, “The Business Card,” was an award-winning short that became thefirst student film ever sold to an airline for in-flight entertainment.“Promise Me Tomorrow” (formerly titled “Pope Dreams”) –Patrick’s feature debut – screened at 30 festivals around the world, won 11Best Film awards, and was distributed by Porchlight Entertainment. It aired onLifetime Network in the USA and in over 40 countries world-wide and wasreleased on DVD home video. It is currently available to stream on most popularstreaming services, including for free on Tubi.His multiple award-winning short films, including theromance-sci-fi “Virtually” and horror-comedy “Quiet! Mom’s Working!” arefestival favorites, with his films having appeared at well over 100 festivalsaround the world and racking up more than 30 awards. “Virtually” and thesci-fi-horror “Killing Time” are currently available to watch on the YouTubeshorts channel Omeleto.Along with his award-winning work as a writer/director,Patrick is a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100television shows and movies to his credit. He’s earned 10 Emmy Nominations and3 Golden Reel Awards for his work as a sound editor on such shows as HBO’s “SixFeet Under”, Fox’s “Family Guy” and FX Network’s “Reservation Dogs”. He iscurrently the supervising sound editor on the CBS hit “Fire Country” and theNetflix global phenoms “Cobra Kai” and “Umbrella Academy”.**  Blindsided Synopsis:A blind schoolteacher struggles to survive through anightmarish night when an alien spaceship crashes and unleashes a monstrouspredator. This unique horror short film features an all low-vision cast andplaces the audience in the POV of a blind protagonist who is only able to hearwhat happens around her.**LINKS: Instagram: @ppatrickhogan    Website: www.jhdanger.com<http://www.jhdanger.com/>    YouTube: @johnhogdangerproductions**