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Patrick Creadon

Patrick Creadon
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Creadon on location in 2005
Born (1967-05-01) May 1, 1967 (age 49)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Residence Los Angeles
Alma mater University of Notre Dame
Occupation Independent documentary filmmaker
Years active 1989–present
Home town Chicago, Illinois, USA

Patrick Creadon (born May 1, 1967) is an American film director and writer, primarily known for his work in documentary film. His film Wordplay, a profile of New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz, premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and became the second-highest grossing documentary of that year. His second film, I.O.U.S.A., an examination of America's debt problem which forecast the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was later named one of film critic Roger Ebert's Top 5 documentaries of the year.

Since 2006, Creadon is one of only a handful of filmmakers to release multiple films that were ranked within the Top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time. The other filmmakers are Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) and Academy Award winners Michael Moore (Sicko, Capitalism: A Love Story), Charles H. Ferguson (No End in Sight, Inside Job), and Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman' ).


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