Patrick Perez Vidauri
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Patrick Perez Vidauri is a writer/director/producer who's movies examine the fault lines of America's cultural divides. He received a MFA in Film from UCLA, where he won a Student Emmy for his work. His independent films have won best director and best feature awards at festivals across the country. His first feature "Lola's Love Shack" about three Latinx boys coming of age in Los Angeles earned a nod from Will Ferrell, who had this to say about it: "Heartfelt and silly. It made me laugh, and I hate laughing." Patrick's sophomore feature "In Other Words" about love across the language barrier was picked up by HBO Max in 2020. It was named Best Comedy at the Sacramento International Film Festival.The movie "Divorce Bait" was shot during the pandemic of 2020, and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn after a bidding war with Lionsgate. For this film Patrick received a Best Director award at the Mexican American Film Festival. His fourth feature comedy, "Townhouse Confidential" is a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice shot entirely in New York's Greenwich Village.
"Say A Little Prayer" is his fifth film, and stars multi-platinum recording star Luis Fonsi (Despacito) in his first feature film. Shot entirely on location in San Antonio, Texas, it bowed in AMC theaters across the nation and enjoys a 99% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Patrick's television producer credits include the Netflix documentary, "The Day I Met El Chapo, The Kate Del Castillo Story." And the Prime Time drama "Desire". Patrick is also a local 700 union television editor with credits on such shows as "Little Big Shots with Steve Harvey" and "Lip Sync Battle with LL Cool J" and "La Voz Kids", the Spanish version of "The Voice". He also edited the majority of his feature films.
Patrick was born in Los Angeles, earned his BA in Anthropology from Columbia University, and MFA from UCLA Film School. For over a decade he could be heard on the Latinx political satire comedy talk show The Pocho Hour of Power on 90.7 KPFK where he wrote and performed political satire and sketch comedy.
He is married to writer/producer Cristina Nava. They live with their three kids in Porter Ranch, California.
"Say A Little Prayer" is his fifth film, and stars multi-platinum recording star Luis Fonsi (Despacito) in his first feature film. Shot entirely on location in San Antonio, Texas, it bowed in AMC theaters across the nation and enjoys a 99% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Patrick's television producer credits include the Netflix documentary, "The Day I Met El Chapo, The Kate Del Castillo Story." And the Prime Time drama "Desire". Patrick is also a local 700 union television editor with credits on such shows as "Little Big Shots with Steve Harvey" and "Lip Sync Battle with LL Cool J" and "La Voz Kids", the Spanish version of "The Voice". He also edited the majority of his feature films.
Patrick was born in Los Angeles, earned his BA in Anthropology from Columbia University, and MFA from UCLA Film School. For over a decade he could be heard on the Latinx political satire comedy talk show The Pocho Hour of Power on 90.7 KPFK where he wrote and performed political satire and sketch comedy.
He is married to writer/producer Cristina Nava. They live with their three kids in Porter Ranch, California.
