The same day he graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts School
of Filmmaking, Michael Patwin jumped into an old, beat-up BMW (named
Beatrice) and U-Hauled his world into Hollywood.
He first entered the industry as creative assistant to
Pen Densham and
worked on such film projects as _Houdini (1998)_ and the TV series _The Magnificent Seven (1998)_ and
_Profiler (1996)_.
Feeling the burn to pursue his own stories full-time, Michael became a
delivery-boy for boutique restaurants in Beverly Hills, delivering food
at night and writing all day. He first sold script,
Hometown Legend (2002), began as
dialog notes and action scenes all written on discarded pizza boxes.
After a brief writing partnership with
Shawn Hoffman, Michael Patwin has
since moved onto solo projects, choosing to focus on collaboration with
production companies that "make movies and don't just spin their wheels
developing scripts."
Currently, Michael is in pre-production on a script he wrote which he
is also slated to direct.