Name: Patrick Barry

Age: 28

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Film: “VEER!”

Mentor(s): Francois Truffaut, Yves Robert, Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola, Alexander Payne, Spike Jonze, others...

Motto: Go with what you got.

What’s your pleasure? Three picture deals at film festivals

What’s your poison? Coffee

Drink: See above

Concession: Twizzlers

Quote: "Making a film is like a stagecoach ride in the old west, at the beginning, you hope for a pleasant trip. By the halfway point, you just hope to survive." ~ Francois Truffaut, "Day for Night"

Album: No Line on the Horizon

Back up career: Underwater demolition

Vacation destination: France

Party spot: Backyard barbecues, house parties, mixers, shindigs, reunions

Leisure activity: Practicing good posture, driving under the speed limit, Uno

Reading material: classifieds, cereal boxes, billboards, bumper stickers, early 19th century British literature.