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While in Los Angeles, Patrick worked for Warner Brothers
on the TV Sitcom pilot Mulberry Street, where he
assisted producers with script revisions, in production
and post production, and learned the studio system.
Unfortunately, Mulberry Street was not picked up by
Warner Brothers, so Patrick went to work in the mail room
of The Burbank Studios until landing a job at Universal
Studios for Viacom Productions on the TV show Jake and
the Fat Man, where his capacity was utilized as an assistant in
the casting department.
As
he was gaining experience in the production field, he
was also growing rapidly as an actor studying Meisner
method acting at the Victory Theater in Burbank with the
renowned, Maria Gobetti, and studying Shakespeare from
noted author and Shakespearean scholar, Delbert Spain.
His
T.V. appearances included The Golden Girls and Santa
Barbara, and he made a film appearance in Forgotten
Heroes, the Viet Nam war drama directed by Jack Marino.
He also starred as Jimmy in Sex On The Weekend, a comedy
at The West End Playhouse.
With his contact base in Boston, he returned to begin
the difficult task of raising money to shoot the 35mm
feature film WHERE ANGELS DANCE. Patrick formed a
Limited Partnership and eventually had raised enough
money to start principal photography in September of
1993.
The
film was shot in 18 days and was finished 11 months
later making its debut in 1994 at the Independent
Feature Film Market and the New Hampshire Film Festival,
where it received excellent reviews.
CREDITS
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WHERE ANGELS DANCE
-- written, produced and directed by Patrick Coppola
has been released in over 20 countries to date. It was
released theatrically in several foreign territories. It
aired on HBO Latin America and FOX Latin America.
Domestically it has been released on Video and DVD.
SEASIDE SEDUCTION
-- Patrick’s second 35mm feature film was shot in the
fall of 1996, at Salisbury Beach , MA . The film was
completed by December 1997. It is a riveting murder
mystery set on a honky-tonk beach strip. Patrick served
as writer, producer and director on the film.
SEASIDE SEDUCTION has been released in over 15 foreign
countries. Domestically it has aired on Pay-Per-View and
been released on Video and DVD.
A
WAKE IN PROVIDENCE
-- In 1998, Patrick
completed principal photography on the $2,000,000.00
feature film in Providence , Rhode Island. He served as
Producer, Line Producer and UPM and guided the film
through completion and distribution. It was selected for
the Boston Film Festival and won the Audience Award at
the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. He personally secured
a U.S. theatrical release for the film through Indican
Pictures. Secured Foreign Distribution through Allied
Entertainment. The film has currently aired on Lifetime
TV and has been released on DVD.
JESUS, MARY AND
JOEY
-- April through August of
2002 - Patrick produced the $4,000,000.00 feature film
JESUS, MARY AND JOEY. This romantic comedy stars Olympia
Dukakis, Charles Durning, Stacey Keach, Melissa Joan
Hart, Jason Geddrick, Tess Harper, Marley Shelton,
Jennifer Esposito and Dan Lauria. The shoot took place
in Providence, RI and NY City. The film has currently
aired on Showtime TV and has been released on DVD.
2004
– Creator, writer, producer and director of the Reality
TV demo show, “I ALWAYS WANTED TO
DATE A STRIPPER”.
An episodic show that deals with contestants trying to
land a “dream date” with a stripper. Shot at the world
famous Foxy Lady in Providence, RI in a multi camera
24P digital video format. It is R-rated (upper body
nudity on strippers) and is wildly funny and breaks new
ground in Reality TV.
August 2005
– Cast in Martin Scorsese’s newest film “THE
DEPARTED”
in a principal role, as “The Bookie Harassed by French.”
October 2005
– Producer/Director/DP/Editor - of the highly successful
“sold out” live music performance of “JOHNNY
COPPOLA – LIVE AT CAPITOL RECORDS”
.
Shot with 5 cameras in Studio A at Capitol Records, the
show captures the dynamic sound and performance of
Johnny Coppola of Coku Music. The DVD will be sold with
the live recorded performance CD and will be available
in December of 2005.
2005 – 2006
– Served as “Post Production Consultant” for the
Gangster Comedy – “JOHNNY SLADE’S
GREATEST HITS”
March 2006
– Cast in the CBS Pilot “THE
WATERFRONT” in a
principal role as Paddy.
December 2006
– Acting as Producer’s Rep - secured world wide
distribution for the film “EAMON’S
ROAD”, an
independent horror film through Film Artists Network.
Fall 2007
– Created, wrote, produced and directed “TONY’S
TURF”
, a ˝ hour
Demo-Pilot made for TV. Comedy/Drama that takes place in
Boston ’s historic North End.
SCREENPLAYS
SEASIDE SEDUCTION
- Erotic Murder Mystery - Produced and Distributed
WHERE ANGELS DANCE
- Urban Drama - Produced and Distributed
DOCTOR DAVID
EGILMAN PROJECT –
Hired by world famous MD – Doctor David Egilman to
create and write a Screenplay based on Doctor Egilman’s
life and the many cases he has served on as an expert
witness in various chemical poisoning trials. Doctor
Egilman is a champion of the underdog and has several
worldwide charities and medical clinics he funds and
donates his time to.
BOMBING HARVEY’S
- Based on the 1980 casino bombing of Harvey ’s Casino
in Lake Tahoe , NV . – * Documented with video and
newspaper articles that followed the events.
CHARLIE ROY
- Comedy, Romance, Action. – The story of a goodhearted
loner and his obsessive desire to meet the world’s most
famous Hollywood goddess, “DENISE.” The story traces
Charlie’s harebrained scheme to get close to her, with
the aide of his oddball friends, and turns into a daring
lifesaving adventure, as Charlie rescues his beauty
queen from the grasps of an equally infatuated
multibillionaire, who has his own plans for the dazzling
beauty,
WHEN I WAS A REDSKIN
- A Little Leaguer in 1969 faces many obstacles on his
way to becoming a champion at life.
WHEN EVERYDAY IS
SATURDAY - Comedy,
Drama, Romance.
HEART AND SOUL
- Gangster Drama.
THIS THING OF OURS
- Gangster Comedy. (re-write)
WORMWOOD
- Horror
MANIC
- Based on the true story of Andrew Scudiero, a
successful street smart Brooklyn raised stockbroker. His
tumultuous rise and fall due to an undiagnosed Bi-polar
disorder, leads him into the high powered world of Wall
Street players and New York ’s underworld which spirals
out of control and lands him into a deranged state.
UNTITLED SCREENPLAY
– A ”mostly true” hilarious account of a wannabe
Filmmaker who is really a Film faker. Parodied with
“Sunset Boulevard.”
TONY’S
TURF
– Tony is the
neighborhood fix-it man catering to the high end condo
owner. He fixes things for a living but fixes broken
lives for pleasure.
WORKS IN
PROGRESS
IL DIAVOLO
REDENTORE - Christ
shows up in 1930 as a hobo and is wrongfully accused of
a crime and thrown into a rat-infested prison that is
being condemned. - In Progress
UNTITLED DETECTIVE
NOVEL – In
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