Theron Patterson
Director of Program in Film, Professor,
American University of Rome
Italy

Theron Patterson, originally from the USA, has taught filmmaking at the university level for 22 years.
He was a faculty member at institutions in Singapore and Istanbul, Turkey, and is currently a professor (and director of the Program in Film) at the American University of Rome. He’s also taught several dozen filmmaking workshops in: South Korea, Turkey, Austria, Portugal, The Netherlands, and the US. He also has over 25 years of professional experience in filmmaking in the U.S., Asia and Europe both in the independent film and television worlds, as well as in corporate communication.
He’s written and directed short and feature-length films as well as worked professionally as a film editor and sound designer.