Patrick McGowan

Filmes

Queen of the Deuce
Cinematography
Chelly Wilson was a Christmas-celebrating Jewish grandma, a lesbian who married men, and a proud owner of porn theaters in 1970s NYC. Through audio recordings, Chelly recounts her pre-war escape from Greece up through her unlikely motherhood and rise to wealth as a shrewd businesswoman on “The Deuce,” aka New York’s infamous 42nd Street. Fascinating WWII and NYC archival footage illustrate this entertaining story of a family and its matriarch, a truly unique character with chutzpah in spades
The Face of Anonymous
Director of Photography
"The Face of Anonymous" by Gary Lang, which profiles Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, who has hidden from the FBI in Toronto and Mexico.
Brain Dead
Director of Photography
A sleepy fishing port town is consumed with terror when a small crater crash-lands nearby and releases a slimy parasitic agent that transforms the residents into brain-eating zombies. Cornered in an abandoned fishing lodge, six strangers are forced to band together to stave off the blood-sucking monsters clawing the walls outside.
Serpente de Fogo
Director of Photography
Durante um incêndio em um bosque alguns bombeiros observam que numa parede em chamas há o formato de uma mulher. Quarenta anos se passam e um dos bombeiros, fascinado com a visão, decidiu dedicar a sua vida ao estudar esse estranho fenômeno que são as serpentes de fogo. Assim, ele é chamado para trabalhar em um departamento do governo especializado nesse estudo. Quando uma nova serpente de fogo cai, outro bombeiro fica fascinado e se dedica à mesma coisa. Os dois mais um agente nacional do fogo, irão a uma caçada que poderá se tornar perigosa quando um louco sádico e fanático religioso conseguir capturar umas serpentes, e assim poder usá-las em um ataque nas reservas próximas, criando caos e morte.
A Lobster Tale
Director of Photography
Cody Brewer, a quiet New England fisherman isn't doing too well for himself. His wife feels neglected, and his son keeps getting picked on by the school bully. While out collecting his lobster traps one day, Cody finds a strange green moss that holds magical powers. Once word gets out about the magical moss, the entire town suddenly becomes Cody's best friend, all hoping to get a piece of it. With the townspeople clamoring for some moss and the already delicate state of the Brewer family, Cody has a tough time figuring out exactly what to do.
Show Me
Director of Photography
When two squeegee kids descend upon Sarah and her luxury sedan, the fuse is lit on a tense cat and mouse tale of captors and captives. Sarah is forced to continue her trip to an isolated cottage where the twisted trio bait and entice one another in a reckless search for truth.
Guest Room
Cinematography
In order to write his Master's Thesis in a calmer setting, a university student moves in with a dysfunctional suburban family--a flirtatious housewife, a husband who can't express his emotions, and a daughter who aspires to be a poet and is having her sexual awakening. No one can give him a moment's peace.
Last Night
First Assistant Camera
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Cubo
First Assistant Camera
Um policial , um ladrão, uma matemática, uma psicóloga, um arquiteto e um jovem autista são misteriosamente presos em um labirinto de alta tecnologia. Sem comida nem água, eles precisam encontrar um meio de sair do local. Mas precisam também tomar cuidado para não acionar armadilhas letais, que surgem em estranhos cubos.