Divorce Bait

Patrick Perez Vidauri was born in Los Angeles where he grew up making short films with his brothers.  He caught the acting bug early and appeared in theater productions throughout his youth.  At 18 years old, he moved to NYC where earned his BA in Anthropology from Columbia University and continued acting. After returning to Los Angeles, he bought a camera, learned to direct.  He created over a dozen short films and documentaries.  During this time, Patrick began his collaboration with comedian, satirist and writer Esteban Zul and syndicated cartoonist Lalo Alacaraz.   They could be heard  together on the Latino political satire comedy talk show "The Pocho Hour of Power" on 90.7 KPFK where they wrote and performed hilarious and timely sketch comedy.   Patrick then applied to and was accepted to the directing program at UCLA Film School.  His accolades earned there include an MPAA award and a  Student Emmy for his directing work. Patrick then got busy working in film and  television for a decade doing any job he could land: writer, producer, director, editor and translator, before finally directing his first feature Comedy "Lola's Love Shack" about three Latino boys coming of age in L.A.  It won critics and audiences with its smart and funny tone.  The great Will Ferrell had this to say about it, " Heartfelt and silly. It made me laugh and I hate laughing." "Lola's" won many awards including the Audience Award at the Reel Rascuache Film Festival.  His next indie feature film "In Other Words" about love across the language barrier starred Chris Kattan, Edy Ganem, and Brian McClure and was picked up by HBO MAX in 2020. IOW was named Best Comedy at the Sacramento International Film Festival.  Feature #3, "Divorce Bait" was shot during the pandemic of 2020, with no illnesses or injuries, except for people dying of laughter.  Patrick recently wrapped production on his fourth feature comedy, "Townhouse Confidential" shot entirely in New York's Greenwhich Village. He is proud to have returned to New York as an award winning filmmaker and put his talents into the service of this diverse and charming comedy. Patrick's television producer credits include the Netflix documentary, "The Day I Met El Chapo, The Kate Del Castillo Story." And the Prime Time drama "Desire".Patrick is also a local 700 union television editor with credits on such shows as "Little Big Shots with Steve Harvey" and "Lip Sync Battle with LL Cool J" and the Spanish version of "The Voice".In 2011, Patrick was hired by Kevin Messick to translate the feature film, "La Casa De Mi Padre" written by Andrew Steele and starring Will Ferrell. In addition Patrick taught Mr. Ferrell Spanish for the movie and served as his on-set dialect coach.Patrick lives with his wife and partner, Cristina Nava, and three kids in Porter Ranch, CA.