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Patrik-Ian Polk was born on 29 July, 1973 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, is an American film director. Discover Patrik-Ian Polk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Occupation Director, screenwriter, producer
Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 29 July 1973
Birthday 29 July
Birthplace Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
Nationality United States

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1973

Patrik-Ian Polk (born July 29, 1973 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.

Polk, who is gay, is noted for his films and theatre work that explore the experiences and stories of African-American LGBT people.

Born in 1973 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Polk was interested in television and movies as a child, notably Spike Lee's 1986 film She's Gotta Have It.

He later attended Brandeis University, where he was the arts editor of the college newspaper.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, then went on to study at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinema and Television.

2000

Polk made his feature film directorial debut with Punks (2000), an independent film that he also wrote and produced.

Punks had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Polk made his feature film directorial debut with Punks (2000), an independent film that he also wrote and produced.

The film starred Rockmond Dunbar, Renoly Santiago, Jazzmun, and Devon Odessa, and focused on the stories of a group of gay African-American friends.

Punks premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

The film was chosen to open the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

2001

In November 2001, Punks was released theatrically at the Quad in New York City.

2002

It was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award and the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award in 2002.

2004

In 2004, Polk created the television series Noah's Arc, which made its debut on Logo in October 2005 and ran for two seasons.

The original one-hour pilot was produced independently and released as a web series in 2004, and to assist in funding each episode, the show was originally envisioned as a DVD subscription series.

After the web series was well received, the series was picked up by Logo as a half-hour series.

The series focused on issues like same-sex dating, same-sex marriage, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay bashing, and same-sex parenthood.

2005

The series ultimately ran for two seasons on Logo before it was canceled in 2005.

2008

After the series' cancellation, Polk wrote, directed, and produced a film spin-off, Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, which was released theatrically in 2008.

Polk's second feature film, Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, a spin-off of Noah's Arc, was released in 2008.

It was written in collaboration with fellow writer from the series John R. Gordon, and picks up after the cliffhanger at the end of the second season.

The film focuses on the marriage and wedding of the main character, Noah Nicolson, and his boyfriend Wade Robinson at Martha's Vineyard.

The film received three NAACP Image Award nominations: Outstanding Independent Feature Film, Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film, and Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film.

It won GLAAD Award's for Best Feature Film (Limited Release).

Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom was released on October 24, 2008, on a limited basis, at theaters in Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Palm Springs, California, and Washington, D.C. The movie showed in Ocean City, New Jersey, Detroit and San Francisco in early November.

The movie then began showing at theaters in Philadelphia and Dallas in at the end of November and performed above expectations, with $30,336 per screen average that IndieWire dubbed "astounding".

Despite this, the film received poor reviews from mainstream film critics; Time Out called it a "silly soaper", and Variety described it as "a lame feature" that was "blandly staged".

The New York Times called it an "agreeable melodrama".

2011

Punks later had its television premiere on Logo on August 7, 2011.

After Punks, Polk began developing a series concept that again focused on the lives of several gay African-American men.

2012

His subsequent feature films, The Skinny, starring Jussie Smollett, and Blackbird, starring Mo'Nique, Julian Walker and Isaiah Washington, were released in 2012 and 2015, following festival runs.

In 2012, Polk released his third feature film, The Skinny, which he wrote, directed, and produced.

The film tells the story of five friends who are Brown University classmates—four gay men and one lesbian—as they reunite in New York City for a tumultuous Gay Pride weekend.

Following a festival run and limited theatrical release, the film premiered on Logo on July 8, 2012.

2015

His third feature film as a writer and director, Blackbird, starring Mo'Nique and Isaiah Washington, was released in April 2015.

Polk co-wrote the film with Rikki Beadle-Blair.

The film had a successful run on the film festival circuit, winning awards at several LGBT-oriented festivals, including Outflix Memphis, Atlanta's Out On Film Festival, and the Crossroads Film Festival in Polk's native Mississippi.

The film was the closing night gala screening for Los Angeles' Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), where it won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature Film.

Blackbird received mixed reviews from critics upon release.

2016

In 2016, Polk was included in the Los Angeles Times Diverse 100 list, which described him as "the man bringing black gay stories to screens large and small".