Patrick Bresnan

Patrick Bresnan is an American documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer based in Austin, Texas. He is known for his long-term collaboration with filmmaker Ivete Lucas, his filmmaking and life partner, with whom he has co-directed a series of documentary short films set in and around Pahokee, Florida, a small rural community on the edge of Lake Okeechobee in the Florida Everglades. Their work includes The Send-Off (2016), The Rabbit Hunt (2017), Roadside Attraction (2017), and Skip Day (2018), which together earned premieres at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlinale, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes. Their feature documentary Pahokee (2019) premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and broadcast on PBS. Bresnan also served as a cinematographer on Boys State (2020), which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and was acquired by Apple TV+ and A24.