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,[1]Gridlocked,[2][3]The Sound[4],and the 2016 film Anonymous (also known as Hacker), noted for its polished and crisp visuals.[5][6] 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.[7][8]
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,[9][10] 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.[11] 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.[12] Since 2017, under Hangar 18 Media brand Patriki produced a number of films, notably Spare Parts (directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt),[13]Nail In The Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro, a documentary about a wrestler called Vampiro, directed by Michael Paszt,[14]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.[15] In the same year, Patriki directed the TV movie The Threat Next Door[16] 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.[16] Also in 2023, Patriki, Slash, Michael Paszt, James Fler, Andrew T. Hunt and Rodrigo Gudiño launched the horror production company BerserkerGang.[17]
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.[18]
