Patrick and Kristin talk about his journey with hemophilia and the impact on his mental health. Patrick James Lynch is an award-winning filmmaker, media professional, and health advocate who has...
Patrick and Kristin talk about his journey with hemophilia and the impact on his mental health.
Patrick James Lynch is an award-winning filmmaker, media professional, and health advocate who has delivered more than 100 presentations across the globe.
He's been recognized with the Hemophilia Federation of America's (HFA) Health & Wellness Award (2013), the National Hemophilia Foundation's (NHF) Meritorious Service Award (2014), was a featured speaker during World Federation of Hemophilia's (WFH) World Congress (2016, 2018), has served as founding board president of the 501(c)(3) Entertainment 2 Affect Change since 2013 and as CEO of Believe Limited since 2012. His work has been featured by media outlets such has Backstage, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Fox News, HemAware, Hemophilia News Today, HuffPo, PBS, Reuters, and VoyageLA.
Film credits include documentaries Bombardier Blood (director/producer; EP Alex Borstein), My Beautiful Sutter (EP; also EP: Paul Rudd), Poster Child (director/producer, in production), and the scripted films Elsewhere (director/actor; Best Picture HRIFF; Best Ensemble NYCIFF) sometimes, i think about dying (EP, Sundance 2019, Oscars 2020 shortlist), and Ryan's Mom (producer/writer, in development w/ Jersey Films).
Notable digital content includes the comedy web series "Stop The Bleeding!" (9 seasons; numerous awards; bi-lingual), The BloodStream Podcast (creator/host, also founder: BloodStream Media), and Hemophilia: The Musical, an original 6-song musical, co-created with teen participants (original cast recording streamable on website!)
Bleeding disorders programs of note include the arts workshop Breaking Through!, the youth empowerment program Teen Impact Awards, and the interactive & educational The Science Fair.
Patrick can be seen as an actor in the Amazon Prime series Baker's Dozen and he occasionally writes about mental health and other things at www.patrickjameslynch.com.
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