Patricia Riggen
| Patricia Riggen | |
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| Born |
June 2, 1970 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse(s) | Checco Varese |
| Children | 1 |
Patricia Riggen (born June 2, 1970) is a Mexican film director. She best known for directing the 2007 film Under the Same Moon and the 2011 Disney Channel original film Lemonade Mouth.
Riggen was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. While in her home country, she gained experience in journalism and writing for documentaries. In Guadalajara, Riggen obtained a degree in communication sciences, worked as a journalist, then later moved to New York City, where she received her Master's degree in directing and screenwriting at Columbia University. While attending Columbia, she directed two short films The Cornfield (2002) and Family Portrait (2004), a documentary, the former film won a number of film festival awards.
Riggen found her way into writing and producing film, though she never thought she would end up as a director, comparing the chances of landing a career as a director to the chances of landing a career as an astronaut – slim to none.
Unhappy with producing, Riggen moved to New York to pursue a career in writing. She found herself as a director after directing one exercise.
In 2007, Under the Same Moon, Riggen's first major film was released, starring Kate Del Castillo and America Ferrera. Riggen partnered up with writer and producer Ligiah Villabobos for the creation of La Misma Luna. Riggen and Villabobos are both Mexican-born but relocated to the United States, and after taking many years to embrace their careers, they became extremely passionate about the work they produced.
Funding for the binational film La Misma Luna, which was started in an American studio before Riggen made the decision to direct it independently, was done through both a fund from the Mexican government, and American financers.La Misma Luna was very well received in 2007 at the Sundance festival.
In 2010, she was chosen to direct the 2011 Disney Channel original film Lemonade Mouth.
She has continued to direct feature films, with her next two being: Revolución (2010) and Girl in Progress (originally titled Ansiedad) starring Eva Mendes and Patricia Arquette. The film was released in 2012.
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