Patrick Creadon

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

May 1, 1967 (59 years)
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Patrick Creadon (born May 1, 1967) is an American documentary filmmaker, best known for the documentary film Wordplay. A profile of New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz, Wordplay 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 three filmmakers to release multiple films that were ranked within the Top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time. The other two filmmakers are Michael Moore (Sicko, Capitalism: A Love Story) and Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman' ).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hesburgh
    Hesburgh2018
  • Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
    Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story2019
  • The Pantone Guy
    The Pantone Guy2025

Known For

  • Wordplay
    Wordplay2006
  • Behind the Curve
    Behind the Curve2018
  • I.O.U.S.A.
    I.O.U.S.A.2008
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit27 seasons
  • Superheroes
    Superheroes2011
  • If You Build It
    If You Build It2013
  • Hesburgh
    Hesburgh2018
  • 30 for 30
    30 for 304 seasons
  • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
    Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009
  • Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
    Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story2019
  • The Pantone Guy
    The Pantone Guy2025
  • Independent Lens
    Independent Lens27 seasons

Filmography

2018
Behind the Curve · as Executive Producer
2016
Ocean Stories: Wyland · as Executive Producer
2011
Superheroes · as Executive Producer
2009

2015
All Work All Play · as Cinematographer
2009
2006
Wordplay · as Director Of Photography
2004
Maxim Hot 100 · as Cinematographer
1999
Independent Lens · as Cinematographer