Known for Art
Patrick Lumb was born in Dorset, England in 1966. At the age of 11 he moved with his family to Scotland and then at 16, left home to attend The Central School of Art, London. He went on to study Fine Art (Painting) and graduated with B.A. (Hons.) on his 21st birthday from Falmouth School of Art, Cornwall. In 1989 he moved to the US after being awarded a Full Merit Scholarship to the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After travelling extensively in the US and graduating in 1992 with a Master's degree in Fine Art, specializing in Film, Photography and Digital Imaging, Patrick returned to Europe, to take up a teaching position as Head of the Art and Design History Dept. at Oakham School, Rutland UK. In 1996 he moved back to Los Angeles CA, to begin a career in Film. Patrick and his wife Nancy were married in Los Angeles in 1991 and have three sons Myles, Pearse and Tate. They have a dog called Rex and spend their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Lucca, Italy.
Birthplace
Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Filmography
12 films


Spin Me Round
2022 · 1h 44m · US
When the manager of an Italian restaurant chain wins the opportunity to attend the franchise’s educational immersion program in Italy, what she thought would be a romantic getaway devolves into chaos and catastrophe.


Playing It Cool
2014 · 1h 34m · US
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.


A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010 · 1h 35m · US
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.


Valkyrie
2008 · 2h 1m · DE
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.


The Omen
2006 · 1h 50m · UK
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.


Flight of the Phoenix
2004 · 1h 53m · US
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.


To End All Wars
2001 · 1h 48m · UK
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.