Patrick Rea is a highly acclaimed and prolific independent filmmaker, renowned for his innovative storytelling and creative directing style in the horror and suspense genres. His feature film, "Nailbiter", garnered numerous awards and accolades, including Best Director and/or Best Feature Film awards at several film festivals in 2012, and was subsequently released on DVD/VOD, Redbox, and Digital Downloads on May 28, 2013, through Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The film has since been broadcast on FearNet, the Chiller Network, and The Horror Channel in the UK.
Rea's stylized short films have been showcased in over a hundred film festivals worldwide. In the summer of 2008, his short film "Woman's Intuition" won a prestigious Heartland Emmy Award. In 2009, Rea co-directed the "Jake Johanssen, I Love You" comedy special, which aired on Showtime throughout 2010. He won his second Heartland Emmy Award with the short "Get Off My Porch" and has been nominated for two Mid-America Emmy Awards.
Other notable directorial efforts include the six-part docu-series "Inside Pediatrics" on Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital, narrated by Paul Rudd, which received a 2015 Mid-America Emmy Award. His 2010 short film "Do Not Disturb" was featured in the "The Invoking 2", which was released in Redbox on October 6th, 2015, through Image Entertainment.
Rea's latest horror feature, "Arbor Demon" (formerly "Enclosure"),executive produced by Warren Ostergard and Marcel Sarmiento, and starring Fiona Dourif and Jake Busey, had its world premiere at FrightFest in the UK and was released on February 3rd, 2017, in North America through Gravitas Ventures. The film is currently available on platforms such as Redbox On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, and Vudu.
In 2017, Rea co-wrote seven episodes for Seasons 3 and 4 of CBS's Daytime Emmy-winning show "The Inspectors" and directed two episodes for Season 3, which aired in the spring of 2018.
Rea's recent feature, the family drama "Belong to Us", was released on DVD in Walmart nationwide and on Video on Demand on August 6, 2019, from Archstone Distribution. His current horror feature, "I Am Lisa", is in post-production, with an expected 2020 release.
