{"id":4433,"date":"2023-11-20T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/?page_id=4433"},"modified":"2023-11-27T21:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:22:30","slug":"about-deb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/about-deb\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DEBORAH S. PATZ<\/h1>\n\t\n\n\n

Deb Patz is author of books for the film and TV industry. She writes for working professionals as well as for children and young adults.<\/p>

After earning a BFA in film production, Deb gravitated to the business side of the industry and built skills not taught in the production-oriented film program. From her hands-on experience came her books: Film Production Management 101<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(on management and coordination) and\u00a0Surviving Production<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (on coordination only). She also penned Write! Shoot! Edit!<\/em><\/strong><\/a> \u2013 born from her work with teen filmmakers and from her own filmmaking origins. Michael Wiese Productions (industry leading publisher of Save The Cat!<\/em> and The Writer's Journey<\/em>) publishes her books worldwide.<\/p>

Deb's filmography spans family and children\u2019s programming, science fiction extravaganzas, and feature films of various budget sizes. She\u2019s worked with such companies as Disney, Lucasfilm, Alliance\/Atlantis, Nelvana, MCA\/Universal, and the IMAX space team. Here\u2019s a peek at some of the titles: L5: First City in Space, William Shatner\u2019s TekWar, Mission to MIR, Maniac Mansion, The Boys Club, The Big Comfy Couch, Ewoks & Droids, The Sound & the Silence, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, <\/em>and the Emmy award-winning The Magician\u2019s House<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Based on her books, Deb has designed and instructed numerous courses, seminars and workshops on production skills and spoken on panels at such places as the\u00a0UFVA (University Film & Video Association), Canadian Film Centre, Vancouver Film School, the Banff Centre, Capilano University, Film Expo Texas, Film Training Manitoba, PEI Screenwriter & Production Workshop, Powell River Film School, BCIT, FTX West,\u00a0Women in Film & Television and so on.<\/p>

A Producer graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, with a Certificate of Entertainment Law from Osgoode, Deb has also completed the Banff TV Executive Program and is certified as a Training Designer. After her BFA in Film Production at York U she earned an MFA in Creative Writing at UBC. She has also attended the Sheridan College International School of Animation.<\/p>

Deb Patz currently balances business affairs work at Telefilm Canada, teaching workshops for industry folk and teens, and sailing the Pacific Northwest with her family and an adorable-but-stubborn westie in beautiful Vancouver, BC.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n

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DEBORAH S. PATZ Deb Patz is author of books for the film and TV industry. She writes for working professionals as well as for children and young adults.After earning a BFA in film production, Deb gravitated to the business side of the industry and built skills not taught in the production-oriented film program. From her<\/p>\nRead more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-simple.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4560,"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4433\/revisions\/4560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debpatz.com\/2023new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}