Pasha Patriki is a Canadian film producer, cinematographer, and film director. He was director of photography (also commonly referred to as 'Cinematographer") on the films like Please Kill Mr. Know It All, Gridlocked, The Sound, and the 2016 film Anonymous (also known as Hacker), noted for its polished and crisp visuals. Patriki is a founder of a film production & financing company, 9 Light Entertainment, which has executive-produced a number of films including Spare Parts and Broken Mile.
In January 2017, Patriki won the Best Cinematography award in the TV Drama category of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards for his work on the feature film Gridlocked, starring Dominic Purcell. Also in 2017, he directed as well was the cinematographer on Black Water, an action film starring Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme, released in 2018. In September 2017, Patriki's 9 Light Entertainment partnered with a Canadian film sales and distribution firm Raven Banner Entertainment to form Hangar 18 Media, a film development and production company. Since 2017, under Hangar 18 Media brand Patriki produced a number of films, notably Spare Parts (directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt), Nail In The Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro, a documentary about a wrestler called Vampiro, directed by Michael Paszt, V/H/S/94, Brooklyn 45, The Fight Machine, The Breach, and Sorry About the Demon. In 2023, Patriki produced Frankie Freako, a comedy-horror film directed by Steven Kostanski; the movie is set to be released in theaters on October 4, 2024. In the same year, Patriki directed the TV movie The Threat Next Door which premiered on Tubi, and worked as a Canadian producer on You Gotta Believe, the American sports film directed by Ty Roberts and starring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon and Molly Parker. Also in 2023, Patriki, Slash, Michael Paszt, James Fler, Andrew T. Hunt and Rodrigo Gudiño launched the horror production company BerserkerGang. In 2024 BerserkerGang company announced production of Deathstalker, a reboot of 1983 Roger Corman-produced movie of the same name, written and directed by Steven Kostanski, executive produced by Slash, produced by Patriki and Paszt, and starring Daniel Bernhardt.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes2011The CollapsedCinematographer2011KenneyvilleCinematographer2012The Great ChameleonCinematographer2012Please Kill Mr. Know It AllCinematographer2013SeparationCinematographer2014SomnolenceCinematographer2014The Christmas SwitchCinematographer2015GridlockedCinematographerWinner in TV Drama category of the 2017 Canadian Society of Cinematographers2015Bigfoot and the BurtonsCinematographer2016Hacker (also known as Anonymous)Cinematographer2016Broken MileExecutive producer2017The SoundCinematographer2018Black WaterDirector, Cinematographer, Producer2018LifechangerExecutive Producer2019IsabelleCinematographer, Executive Producer2019Spare PartsProducer, Cinematographer2017The SoundCinematographer2020Money PlaneCinematographer2020Nail In The Coffin: The Fall And Rise of VampiroProducer, Cinematographer2021V/H/S/94Producer2022The Fight MachineProducer2022The BreachProducer2022Sorry About the DemonProducer2023The Threat Next DoorDirector2023Brooklyn 45Producer2024You Gotta BelieveProducer, VFX Supervisor2024Frankie FreakoProducer2025DeathstalkerProducer2025Lunatic: The Luna Vachon StoryProducer
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