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Iain Paterson(I)

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  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Iain Paterson is known for Stranger Things (2016), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) and Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988).
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    • Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 10 nominations total

    Known for

    Jamie Campbell Bower, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)
    Are You Afraid of the Dark?
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988)
    Friday the 13th: The New Blood
    5.2
    • Producer
    • 1988
    Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
    House of Cards
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer

    • Jamie Campbell Bower, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2016–2022
    • Carla Gugino, Luke Wilson, Colson Baker, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Peter Cambor, Finesse Mitchell, and Imogen Poots in Roadies (2016)
      Roadies
      7.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Manhattan (2014)
      Manhattan
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
      House of Cards
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Guilty (2013)
      Guilty
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2013
    • William Forsythe and Jordana Spiro in The Mob Doctor (2012)
      The Mob Doctor
      6.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2012–2013
    • Christina Ricci, Kelli Garner, Karine Vanasse, and Margot Robbie in Pan Am (2011)
      Pan Am
      7.1
      TV Series
      • produced by
      • producer
      • 2011–2012
    • Jennifer Beals, Delroy Lindo, Jason Clarke, and Todd Williams in The Chicago Code (2011)
      The Chicago Code
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Jeremy Northam, Omar Gooding, Elisabeth Harnois, Lana Parrilla, and Mike Vogel in Miami Medical (2010)
      Miami Medical
      7.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Chris Vance in Mental (2009)
      Mental
      7.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2009
    • The Riches (2007)
      The Riches
      7.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • producer
      • 2007–2008
    • Sarah Alexander and Ben Miller in The Worst Week of My Life (2004)
      Worst Week of My Life
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Thief (2006)
      Thief
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Soccer Moms
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2005
    • Testing Bob
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2005

    Director

    • Hidden Agenda (1999)
      Hidden Agenda
      4.6
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)
      Are You Afraid of the Dark?
      8.2
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 1994–1999
    • Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997)
      Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Iain Patterson)
      • 1997–1998
    • Ben Bode, JD Cullum, Ryan Hurst, Jerry Kernion, Monte Markham, David Sage, and LaRita Shelby in Campus Cops (1995)
      Campus Cops
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Space Cases (1996)
      Space Cases
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Kids Like You (1984)
      Kids Like You
      5.8
      TV Series
      • puppet sequence directed by
      • 1995
    • MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1991
    • The Unnaturals (1989)
      The Unnaturals
      2.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1989–1991

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Pretty Poison (1996)
      Pretty Poison
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • second unit director
      • 1996
    • Ghoulies Go to College (1990)
      Ghoulies Go to College
      4.1
      Video
      • second unit director
      • 1990

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