Patrick Hasson

Artist, filmmaker, and writer Patrick Hasson was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After failing out of Drexel University as a 17-year-old accounting major, Patrick loaded up the back of a pick-up truck and moved to the gator-laden swamps of East Naples, Florida in search of his true calling. Working various odd jobs while learning the fine art of hunting wild boar, Patrick eventually made his way up to the sunny shores of Tampa, Florida where he enrolled in the Fine Arts Program at the University of South Florida. Delving into his lifelong obsession with color, palm trees, and all things neon, Patrick worked extensively in painting and photography until he discovered experimental filmmaking under the tutelage of Harvard avant garde filmmaker, Charles Lyman, and spent the next several years creating 'experiments in celluloid.' Over the next decade, Patrick worked exclusively in the visual arts, writing and directing several feature films in Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles. A finalist in the Academy Awards' Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, Patrick's dark horror tale, BLOOD SHED, was green-lighted for production shortly thereafter. The film found relative success at the box office, but Patrick found himself exhausted and in need of a creative change. In 2014, Patrick relocated to Joshua Tree, California where he created Rancho El Reposo, a desert retreat focused on art, writing, and creation. Ever inspired by the wide-ranging iconography of Southern California, Patrick delved back into painting, pushing the boundaries of color through his paintings, murals, and newly-formed clothing line, Reposo. He currently resides in Joshua Tree and Los Angeles, California.