Patrick Epino is an American filmmaker. His feature film Mr. Sadman
made for the Independent Feature Project (IFP) Independent Filmmaker
Labs is a satirical dark comedy about a Sadam Hussein body-double
loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. It
stars Al No'mani, Scoot McNairy, Rudy Ramos, Tim Kang, Amanda Fuller,
and Cameron Bender and has received positive reviews from LA Weekly,
Giant Robot Magazine and more, and Epino was also selected by the film
magazine The Independent as one of its "10 Filmmakers to Watch" for
that film. Along with Stephen Dypiangco he makes up the "National Film
Society" which is part of PBS and makes original web content related
to films, filmmaking and film festivals that is viewable online.Other
than Mr. Sadman, Epino has directed a short film entitled "Void" under
a Visual Communications "Armed With A Camera" Fellowship for Emerging
Media Artists which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film
Festival. He has directed and written another short film entitled
"Spunk" which appeared at a number of film festivals, including
SingaFest. He has also served as a Producer on the short film, A
Crossroad Called Manzanar. As a designer, he serves as the Director of
Online and New Media at Suey Creative, an LA-based design
agency.Epino's most recent film (and also web series), which he
co-wrote and co-directed with Stephen Dypiangco, is Awesome Asian Bad
Guys, which stars a number of Asian American actors who played
villains in 1980-1990s action movies, such as Al Leong, Yuji Okumoto
and George Cheung. The film/series also stars Tamlyn Tomita, Dante
Basco, Randall Park, Aaron Takahashi and more. The film/series made
its debut at the 2014 CAAMFest and also made its Los Angeles premiere
at the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.As an actor, he
played the role of "Troy" in H.P. Mendoza's award-winning dark comedy
film Bitter Melon. Produced by ABS-CBN's Cinematografo initiative, the
film placed on over a dozen "Best of" lists before being distributed
on Special Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD via Gravitas Ventures
on October 1, 2019.
made for the Independent Feature Project (IFP) Independent Filmmaker
Labs is a satirical dark comedy about a Sadam Hussein body-double
loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. It
stars Al No'mani, Scoot McNairy, Rudy Ramos, Tim Kang, Amanda Fuller,
and Cameron Bender and has received positive reviews from LA Weekly,
Giant Robot Magazine and more, and Epino was also selected by the film
magazine The Independent as one of its "10 Filmmakers to Watch" for
that film. Along with Stephen Dypiangco he makes up the "National Film
Society" which is part of PBS and makes original web content related
to films, filmmaking and film festivals that is viewable online.Other
than Mr. Sadman, Epino has directed a short film entitled "Void" under
a Visual Communications "Armed With A Camera" Fellowship for Emerging
Media Artists which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film
Festival. He has directed and written another short film entitled
"Spunk" which appeared at a number of film festivals, including
SingaFest. He has also served as a Producer on the short film, A
Crossroad Called Manzanar. As a designer, he serves as the Director of
Online and New Media at Suey Creative, an LA-based design
agency.Epino's most recent film (and also web series), which he
co-wrote and co-directed with Stephen Dypiangco, is Awesome Asian Bad
Guys, which stars a number of Asian American actors who played
villains in 1980-1990s action movies, such as Al Leong, Yuji Okumoto
and George Cheung. The film/series also stars Tamlyn Tomita, Dante
Basco, Randall Park, Aaron Takahashi and more. The film/series made
its debut at the 2014 CAAMFest and also made its Los Angeles premiere
at the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.As an actor, he
played the role of "Troy" in H.P. Mendoza's award-winning dark comedy
film Bitter Melon. Produced by ABS-CBN's Cinematografo initiative, the
film placed on over a dozen "Best of" lists before being distributed
on Special Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD via Gravitas Ventures
on October 1, 2019.
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