Patrick Creadon

Screenwriter, Film director

1967 –

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Who is Patrick Creadon?

Patrick Creadon 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 and Academy Award winners Michael Moore, Charles H. Ferguson, and Davis Guggenheim.

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Born
May 1, 1967
Chicago
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  • United States of America
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Education
  • University of Notre Dame
Lived in
  • Chicago

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on July 23, 2013

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