Patti McCarthy

Patti McCarthy has been a champion of comedy for most of her film career, and has worked as Creative Executive/Director of Development at RASTAR Productions with Producer Ray Stark, who produced some of the most beloved and memorable comedy features of all time, including The Goodbye Girl, Smokey and the Bandit, Biloxi Blues, The Sunshine Boys, Steel Magnolias and Richard Pryor: On the Sunset Strip.

While at RASTAR, McCarthy was instrumental in the production of Harriet the Spy, To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday, Random Hearts, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and American History X, at the Turman-Morrissey Co..

She co-produced, Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way, with executive producer, Clint Eastwood, and produced a series of short biographical films about George Lucas in association with Lucasfilm.

Recently she produced the award-winning indie comedy feature, Carlos Through the Tall Grass. She is an Associate Professor of Film at Whittier College and received her MFA and PhD from USC School of Cinematic Arts.