Oliver Patterson

I write script coverage on pilots and features, receiving stellar feedback from writers of every conceivable genre.

Coverage, Ink  – Los Angeles, CA    June 2023 – present     
Story Analyst
Write script coverage on pilots and features, receiving stellar feedback from writers of every conceivable genre.

Gargoyle Media  – Los Angeles, CA     August 2021 - May 2023
Production Manager        
Coordinated group communications, arrivals, and craft services, managed continuity across multiple shooting teams.
1st Assistant Cameraperson 
Pulled focus, set up lighting.
Set Dresser 
Transported, docked and built flats, cut 1x4s, plexiglass, built and painted sets.
Production Assistant       
Set up lighting, C-Stands, slated, ran props, shot behind-the-scenes footage, acted as extra, operated fog machines.

Anagram Films  – Los Angeles, CA    January – July 2021
Personal Assistant
Wrote script coverage on potential projects, as well as detailed story notes on scripts in production.
Provided creative solutions in discussions on trailer footage, shooting logistics.

Wyzant – Los Angeles, CA        August 2019 – December 2020 
Online Tutor
Academic and application essays received Ivy League acceptances and 'A' grades. 

New York Public Library – New York, NY          November 2016 – June 2017
Library Page
Performed file set-up, filing, and maintenance, prepared hundreds of periodicals for storage in library stacks, freeing much-needed shelves in our division.
Maintained files and records of returned books, logged damages to materials.

University of California, Irvine          September 2017 – June 2019 
B.A. Comparative Literature – (Summa Cum Laude – GPA: 3.95) 
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Research grant with the UC Humanities Research Institute Director.

UC Irvine Undergraduate Award in Comparative Literature
Given by comparative literature faculty to the major's top student. 

UC Irvine Undergraduate Conference in Critical Theory
Presented research findings on Nigerian oil politics in literature.

New York University          September 2015 – May 2017
B.A. English Literature – (Major GPA: 3.85)
Dean's List for Academic Year, Sophomore Year.