Founder of Storyteller Pictures, Long produces documentary programs of the highest journalistic integrity and respect for their subjects. He will create a documentary film that will emphasize the values that the Elder have carried with them since the Great Depression. Students will learn the documentary approach to storytelling, editing, and the value of personal history through interviews with parish Elders.
Patrick produced, directed, shot and edited The Jackson Hole Journal, 24 half-hour documentaries on the pioneer history of Jackson Hole, for which he won The Wyoming State Historical Society’s Documentary of the Year. He co-produced, edited and contributed photography for When the Buffalo Roam, a half-hour documentary on national and local policies affecting the last, free-roaming American Bison herd in Yellowstone National Park. That film was a finalist at the 1999 Jackson Hole International Wildlife Film Festival. This program has been distributed internationally to promote interest and understanding of this complex situation. More recently, Mr. Long completed All Rendered Truth, an hour-long documentary on self-taught artists in the American South. The documentary was a featured selection in a variety of film festivals including The Telluride Film Festival, The Asheville Film Festival, Southern Circuit and was featured in a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Southern Arts Federation. All Rendered Truth was photographed, edited, directed and produced by Mr. Long.
Patrick Long teaches at North Louisiana school
