Mary Pat Bentel
Mary Pat Bentel spent years helping other filmmakers find their voices—then her arm shattered, and she found her own. She took notes between surgeries and her directorial debut, THE COCKROACH, emerged. The projects she’s proudest of producing include Peabody-nominated and PGA award-winning THIS CLOSE, a series about best friends, who happen to be deaf; and feature films DARK WAS THE NIGHT, a family drama about loss; ANIMALS, a romantic drama about heroin addiction; and BOLD NATIVE, an action thriller about animal liberation. She's drawn to messy women navigating impossible situations—and plans to throw magical realism, action, and horror at them next.
