Patricia Riggen

Patricia Riggen

Patricia Riggen (born June 2, 1970) is a Mexican film director. She is best known for directing the 2007 film Under the Same Moon and the 2011 Disney Channel original film Lemonade Mouth. Riggen was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. While in her home country, she gained experience in journalism and writing for documentaries. Riggen obtained a degree in Communication Sciences from ITESO (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente), Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara. Her thesis work was titled "Female Directors" and allowed her to interview the four important female film directors in Mexico at the time. Riggen had many jobs up and into her early 20s, she worked as a writer for her local Guadalajara newspaper, worked for producer Bertha Navarro, and collected research on the death industry for a Guillermo Del Toro documentary. In the late 90s, while working as Production Vice President of the short films department at the Mexican Film Institute, Riggen realized she wanted to go back to school. She moved to New York City, where she received her master's degree in directing and screenwriting at Columbia University. Riggen noted, "I had to write and direct all my exercises and English is not my first language, so I started writing all these little movies that had no dialogue". While attending Columbia, she directed two short films The Cornfield (2002) and Family Portrait (2004), a documentary, the former film won several film festival awards. Family Portrait went on to win the Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking. Riggen found her way into writing and producing film, though she never thought she would end up as a director, comparing the chances of landing a career as a director to the chances of landing a career as an astronaut – slim to none. Unhappy with producing, Riggen moved to New York to pursue a career in writing. She found herself as a director after directing one exercise.

  • Title: Patricia Riggen
  • Popularity: 4.159
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1970-06-02
  • Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Messico
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Patricia Riggen Movies

  • 2018
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    Half the Picture

    Half the Picture

    5.9 2018 HD

    At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

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  • 2007
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    Under the Same Moon

    Under the Same Moon

    7.7 2007 HD

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  • 2011
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    Lemonade Mouth

    Lemonade Mouth

    7.436 2011 HD

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  • 2012
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    Girl in Progress

    Girl in Progress

    5.628 2012 HD

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  • 2022
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    Alien (The Other)

    Alien (The Other)

    7 2022 HD

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  • 2015
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    The 33

    The 33

    6.4 2015 HD

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  • 2002
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    La milpa

    La milpa

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    La milpa

    La milpa

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    La milpa

    La milpa

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1998
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    Degeneration

    Degeneration

    10 1998 HD

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  • 2016
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    Miracles from Heaven

    Miracles from Heaven

    7.442 2016 HD

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  • 2004
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    Family Portrait

    Family Portrait

    5 2004 HD

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  • 1998
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    No Support

    No Support

    6.4 1998 HD

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  • 1970
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    G20

    G20

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2010
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    Revolución

    Revolución

    5.1 2010 HD

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  • 2007
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    Under the Same Moon

    Under the Same Moon

    7.7 2007 HD

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  • 2022
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    The School for Good and Evil

    The School for Good and Evil

    7.1 2022 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.693 1970 HD

    When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and...

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    Madeline Scott, a fierce and uncompromising lawyer with a hunger for justice, runs an underdog criminal defense firm. There is no one who understands...

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  • 1970
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    8.048 1970 HD

    The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid...

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  • 1970
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    7.931 1970 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    A young woman's mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister...

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