Frank Patterson

Since 2016, Frank Patterson has been president of Pinewood Atlanta Studios, a 700-acre production facility in Fayetteville, where he oversees film, television, music, video game, and digital operations. Patterson was previously cofounder and chief creative officer of Pulse Evolution, a digital media company that creates computer-generated likenesses of real people (such as a Michael Jackson hologram at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards). A longtime mentor to up-and-coming filmmakers, Patterson teaches at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts, where he served as dean from 2003 to 2016. Education: Baylor University (MA)