Patrick Shen (born 1975) is an American writer and director and
producer of Flight from Death, a seven-time Best Documentary
award-winning film.Shen's first work on a documentary was with the
Emmy-nominated We Served With Pride: The Chinese American Experience
in WWII, a film about the Chinese American involvement in World War
II. The film premiered at The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. in 1999
and would later be broadcast on PBS. While in Washington D.C. for the
film's premiere, the cast and crew were invited to meet with President
Clinton at the White House.In 2001, Shen began production on his first
feature-length documentary, Flight From Death. Flight from Death
explores death as the root cause of much of human behavior and is
inspired by the works and writings of cultural anthropologist and
social theorist Ernest Becker. The film, narrated by acclaimed actor,
Gabriel Byrne, would go on to win a total of seven Best Documentary
awards at film festivals all over the U.S. and receive great critical
acclaim. The film was released by the now defunct Go Kart Films in
2005.Shen's second feature-length work, The Philosopher Kings, is a
documentary about the wisdom found among janitorial workers employed
by prestigious universities such as Cornell, Princeton, and Duke. In
2009 the film premiered to sold-out audiences at the AFI Silverdocs
Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Documentary and received
the Emerging Cinematic Vision Award from the Camden International Film
Festival. The film launched a movement to support Josue Lajeunesse â€"
one of the characters featured in the film, a Haitian immigrant
employed at Princeton University â€" and his lifelong dream to bring
clean water to his village, La Source in Haiti.
producer of Flight from Death, a seven-time Best Documentary
award-winning film.Shen's first work on a documentary was with the
Emmy-nominated We Served With Pride: The Chinese American Experience
in WWII, a film about the Chinese American involvement in World War
II. The film premiered at The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. in 1999
and would later be broadcast on PBS. While in Washington D.C. for the
film's premiere, the cast and crew were invited to meet with President
Clinton at the White House.In 2001, Shen began production on his first
feature-length documentary, Flight From Death. Flight from Death
explores death as the root cause of much of human behavior and is
inspired by the works and writings of cultural anthropologist and
social theorist Ernest Becker. The film, narrated by acclaimed actor,
Gabriel Byrne, would go on to win a total of seven Best Documentary
awards at film festivals all over the U.S. and receive great critical
acclaim. The film was released by the now defunct Go Kart Films in
2005.Shen's second feature-length work, The Philosopher Kings, is a
documentary about the wisdom found among janitorial workers employed
by prestigious universities such as Cornell, Princeton, and Duke. In
2009 the film premiered to sold-out audiences at the AFI Silverdocs
Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Documentary and received
the Emerging Cinematic Vision Award from the Camden International Film
Festival. The film launched a movement to support Josue Lajeunesse â€"
one of the characters featured in the film, a Haitian immigrant
employed at Princeton University â€" and his lifelong dream to bring
clean water to his village, La Source in Haiti.
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