PATRICK KANEHANN
Assistant Director

Broke as a Joke is assistant-directed by the multi-talented Patrick Kanehann. Patrick is from Malibu, California and Westport, Connecticut, and schooled at Northwestern University and the USC School of Cinema-Television. After college, he worked every crew position imaginable, from airplane de-icer on Crime Story to James Cameron's staff assistant on Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Eventually, he worked his way into editing, and then producing. Now, with his production company Malibu Entertainment Group, Inc., Patrick produces and directs his own projects, as well as those for clients like AAA, the Indy Racing League, Bell Helmets, Bosch and Sears. Patrick has received over a dozen awards for his commercial work, including ERA awards for Gold's Gym Power-Flex and AeroBed: Crouching Tiger, Rising Mattress, as well as a CINE Golden Eagle award for MiniPharmacy.

Currently, Patrick is in pre-production for a high definition TV comedy and a commercial campaign for a leading housewares manufacturer.