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Patricia Riggen was born in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Patricia directed and produced her first feature, UNDER THE SAME MOON (LA MISMA LUNA), which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was quickly acquired for worldwide distribution by Fox Searchlight and The Weinstein Company.

Patricia Riggen was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. She worked as a creative Executive for the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) where she produced short films, commercials and documentaries. She is a recipient of the National fund for the Arts and Culture in Mexico.

Patricia studied a master’s degree in Directing and screenwriting at the Columbia University. Her first Short film, LA MILPA, which she directed at as a thesis film, screened in over 30 international film festivals and received 20 awards, among them the student Academy Award’s Gold Medal, the Mexican Academy Award for Best Short Film, the Student “Emmy” and the DGA Best Latino Student Filmmaker Award. Patricia’s next film, FAMILY PORTRAIT, won the Jury’s Prize for Best Short Film Sundance ’05, and

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Patricia Riggen is a filmmaker who, no matter the genre, scope or medium, manages to showcase the humanity behind each character in a story.

She directed and produced her debut feature-length film Under the Same Moon, which premiered in Sundance and was quickly acquired for distribution by Fox Searchlight. Under the Same Moon broke box office records at its US premiere and became a beloved film among audiences in Mexico and across Latin America.

Riggen then directed Girl in Progress, starring Eva Mendez and Patricia Arquette for Lionsgate, as well as the musical Lemonade Mouth for Disney Channel, which received a DGA Award nomination and earned 12.5 million viewers in its first two broadcasts. In 2015, she premiered The 33, starring Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, and Gabriel Byrne, about the mining accident in Chile. It was followed by Miracles from Heaven, a film for Columbia Pictures starring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah that made over $73 million at the box office. Riggen has recently directed television with equal success; her work for the small screen

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Patricia Riggen is recognized as one of America's leading female Latinx directors. She seamlessly directs films and television across genres, from her latest action thriller, G20, starring Viola Davis, to her Sundance success La Misma Luna, and the Sony Pictures box-office hit Miracles from Heaven, starring Jennifer Garner. Regardless of genre, scope, or medium, she brings humanity to every character and story she tells.

Between feature films, Patricia directs pilots and episodic television for major networks and streaming platforms. Notably, she helmed multiple episodes of the Emmy-winning drama Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton, as well as the action-packed first season of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.

Patricia studied film at Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her first short film won a Student Academy Award, a Student Emmy, and a Mexican Academy Award. Her second film, a documentary about photographer Gordon Parks, won the Jury Prize at Sundance. In 2011, she directed Lemonade Mouth for Disney Channel, a beloved classic among young audiences worldwide, whic