Its going to be a busy weekend! I'm shooting a commercial for Cashpoint as the lead customer, I'm working crew for a fan film, Star Wars: Clone Wars Saga with Howard Films - www.howardfilms.net, I'll be an extra on Signals - www.signalstv.com, I return as Manuel Lyon on the film - Full Circle - www.myspace.com/mjktproduction and I'll play Mr. Chang on the short film, The Department - www.19w.com. The hustle continues!
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Hello everyone,
I want to tell you about a recent short film project I recently filmed called "Sons of the Righteous" with director, John P. Scott of DoRight Productions.
Synopsis: The story of two vigilantes, Nelson (Patrick Michael Strange) and Styles (Dave Ehrman), who prey upon people who get away with committing crimes without being punished. Their victim Billy Walker (Victor Maurice), believes he is going on a resort with them but things go for a wicked twist as their road trip continues!
The short film was made for and submitted for the "On The Lot" film competition being run by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg. Check out the film on the onthelot.com website and vote now to help my buddy, John, progress further and hopefully bring more tales of the Sons of the Righteous! Oh and please tell me what you all think!
Click here to watch "Sons of the Righteous": http://films.thelot.com/films/18370/
- Patrick Michael Strange
Hello all,
My latest film project is complete... I worked on a short film up in Frederick, Maryland this past saturday, January 27th 2007. I had a great time with the whole crew and I look forward to working with them all again... here's a sneak preview of the film via production stills for your viewing pleasure!
Aloma Films presents:
"The Stream, The Cave, Jim & Dave"
Starring: Bryant Sullivan as Jim and Patrick Michael Strange as Dave
Director: Greg Gutierrez / Producer: Amy Brown / Writer: Nicklaus Louis
January 20, 2007
Hello all,
I am happy to announce today another pending film role - Dave in the short film drama, "The Stream, The Cave, Jim and Dave"! I will be playing the lead part of Dave in this dramatic award winning screenplay. "The Stream, The Cave, Jim and Dave" is coming out from Aloma Films and is written by Nicklaus Louis. Producer is Amy Brown and the director is Greg Gutierrez.
Company Website: Aloma Films Website - http://www.alomafilms.com
Alright, here is a music video that I participated in... check it out! By the way, I got this off of google video and I don't think the audio is working right!
Hello all,
I am happy to announce my latest film role - Lil' Sean Lee in the indy feature film family comedy, Dysfunktional! I play a young asian teenager who dates/meets the lead character's sister online and is then invited to meet the family at the family's annual holiday get-together. Dysfunktional is coming out from 24K Black Films and is written by Jimme Lee Ward.
Company Website: 24K Black Films Website
Film Synopsis:
Dysfunktional - (Pre-Production) -A coming of age comedy about a young lost soul searching for answers on how to cope with the serious everyday issues that trouble him…. His family. The story takes place during the preparation for the family gathering during the holiday season. Keith is simply trying to find a way to accept his family and their quarky ways, not realizing he has to accept himself first. With the help of Lizzie, Keith grows in a matter of minutes from being a boy to a man and understanding the value of family, even though they are 'dysfunctional'.
Okay... I've been sick this past week but today, I'm feeling good... well, a lot better anyway... okay, so last month I was in the Potomac News again... writer, Josh Eiserike came out to my studio to do an article on me and my life... here is the article for all of you that do not live in the Metro Washington DC area... my story...
(or here's the link to the story on the Potomac News Website: http://www.potomacnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WPN/MGArticle/WPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192298264)
By Josh Eiserike - jeiserike@potomacnews.com - Thursday, December 21, 2006
Patrick Strange wanted to kill himself.
He turned down art scholarships to follow his father's footsteps in the Navy. An artist, writer and actor, Strange was without a creative outlet for the first time in his life in the late 1990s.
"When you're an artist, you're challenging society," said Strange.
Challenging society isn't the way of the Navy - he'd see discrepancies between what happened on the ship and what was reported to the media. He was also disturbed by the occasional body floating in the water and didn't like the toll military life had on his personal relationships.
"I almost slit myself while on guard duty in the [Persian] Gulf," said Strange. "Luckily God was there for me and I threw the knife in the water."
Strange said that he decided to tough it out for the remaining couple of years he had left. He hooked up with some of the "creative folks" on board - the guys who were into hip-hop and slam poetry. He started going to open mics, and got back into the groove.
Strange, now 29, is a self-employed writer, graphic designer and actor, living in Woodbridge with his wife, Ebony.
"Patrick is a very passionate person who rarely lets a 'no or negative response' stand in his way," said Ebony Strange, 29. "He's very driven and committed to whatever he sets out to achieve."
Strange recently quit his job with the State Department to pursue the arts full time. He said he's tripled his income, running Temple Far East Entertainment, which includes his studio, Temple Studios, and production company, Far East Production.
The name Temple Studios dates back to high school, in Charleston, S.C., inspired by the Wu-Tang Clan.
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Strange has been acting for a while, getting his start with featured extra work in movies like "Ace Ventura 2" and "Die Hard with a Vengeance." (He's also got an extra role in the upcoming sequel "Live Free or Die Hard.") He's also working on a slew of independent films, including acting in Blind Alley Productions' "Way of the Wicked" ("Saw" meets "Lord of the Rings").
"Patrick has a true passion for whatever he involves himself in," said "Way of the Wicked" director Mark Wagner. "Once he's locked onto the scent and essence of a project, the possibilities of his involvement and imaginative contributions are limitless."
Tomiko Anders is directing a documentary called "Mergence," about multiracial people in America. Strange, whose father is white and mother is Filipino, was one of the subjects.
"Patrick is rare in that, although he is a professional actor/performer and has spent a great deal of time expressing himself publicly through his books, he was able to be open and honest about the questions posed to him during the interview," said Anders, 32, of Silver Spring, Md.
Those films are just the tip of the iceberg. Strange has seemingly countless other film projects in different states of development.
"There's so much I can't even list them all," said Strange.
He also hopes to start filming his own films next year, including a short, adapted from the first five pages of one of his comics, and a feature film, "Dorks of the Dead."
"It's my ode to the Romero zombie films," said Strange. "It's a dark comedy horror movie."
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Born in San Diego to a military family, Strange's childhood was scattered all over the globe.
"As a military brat, moving around place to place, I had no constant friends," said Strange.
He said his mother would buy him comic books from the military exchange. The monthly adventures of characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men provided Strange with a sense of consistency.
"Comics were my friends," said Strange.
Soon he began drawing his own. His grandmother was a painter and sent him art supplies. He studied "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" and the "Wizard Magazine" art column "Brutes and Babes" by artist Bart Sears.
After leaving the Navy in 2000, Strange returned to comics, but as a writer, not an artist. He hit the conventions (some pros remembered him from his pre-Navy days) and hustled his science fiction book "Blood of Onyx" at local stores and on the Internet.
He's since done comic work for non-profit organizations including the Time Dollar Institute in Washington D.C. and the Hero Initiative in Los Angeles and Colorado.
"I particularly enjoy his 'Mr. Washington' creation as it lends itself to promoting positive changes necessary in today's society," said Ebony Strange, of the title character of "Time Dollars," a teacher who inspires students.
The Stranges also collaborated on a story called "The Who-Whats?" for their eventual children, which appeared in an anthology to benefit the Hero Initiative (formerly called ACTOR).
One of his older books, "Romeo Jones: The Adventures of Thong Raider" was based on Strange's misadventures before he met his wife.
"I was a bit of a player," said Strange, adding that he used his many talents to woo the women.
On New Year's Eve 1999, he went to the now-defunct Blackie's in Springfield and saw a girl dressed "head to toe in black."
"You knew she wasn't a club-goer because most women are skinned out in clubs," said Strange. "It intrigued me."
Patrick and Ebony were married in secret seven months later by a Justice of the Peace, a week before he was to be deployed for a final six months in the Gulf. When he returned, they had an actual ceremony with their families.
Strange said they rushed the ceremony because married men make more money in the military.
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It might take people a few moments to descent the stairs to Strange's basement studio. He's got original comic art all over the walls - including a page from the Marvel Comic "Runaways," where the inker, Strange's friend David Newbold, snuck in the words "Temple Studios."
The prize of his collection? A page from "The Adventures of Superman #538" by artist Mike Miller. The page features both Superman and Batman, working together and is dedicated to Patrick and Ebony. Sure, it has the two icons of the DC Comics universe, but to Patrick, there's also a deeper meaning about his relationship with his wife.
"Together me and my wife can accomplish anything," said Strange.
Staff writer Josh Eiserike can be reached at (703) 878-8072.
COMICS CHECKLIST
Okay... while I was scanning this, I came across an old article from when I was in the Navy... check this out...
Hello all,
One of my appearances on Buddy Jackson is online this week! Go to www.buddyjackson.com and click on episode 6 - Lost In Translation! I play Dan's friend!
Patrick
Well, its new years eve... time to party! What are your plans? Share your stories and pics! Here is what Ebony & I will be doing...
Driving Directions Okay... here's a rough edit (currently in post production) of one of the short films I did recently entitled, "The Pursuit". I played the lead as James Garrett.
The story: A Christian college student named James encounters an agnostic young woman named Renee at a Christian house party and becomes infatuated with her, driving him to try and persuade her to become a Christian so she could be his girlfriend. As James seeks to encounter Renee several times after their initial meeting, James presents Renee with different Christian principles to challenge Renee's beliefs, who in return challenges James' faith with her responses, but the unexpected cost of James' pursuit causes him to give up his endeavor, and he chooses to leave Renee up to her own devices. Some time after their first encounter, they run into each other again at the same nightclub, but Renee surprises James by telling him that he inadvertently made her a believer, while James surprises Renee with the news that he is now agnostic.
More pics, cast info and more on the website: http://www.freewebs.com/thepursuitmovie/
"The Pursuit" - The Rough Edit (Currently in post production)
Hello all,
Well, since I had to get some images over to my local newspaper for the news article biography on me (Thursday, December 21 2006 in the Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger - www.potomacnews.com)... I might as well share these images with you all as well... some old, some new or never-before-seen... check it out and holla at ya boy:
Blood of Onyx Poster - Art by Jerry Gaylord 
Blood of Onyx Pin-up - Art by Servant G 
Blood of Onyx Pin-up - Art by Shane Koch 
Blood of Onyx Pin-up - Art by Blackstar & Benito 
The Who'Whats?! Pin-up - Art by Adam Frizzel 
The Who'Whats?! Pg.6 from story in More Fund Comics Trade Paperback - Art by Adam Frizzel 
Time Dollars # 1 Front Cover - Art by Pop Mhan 
Time Dollars # 1 Back Cover - Art by Jerry Gaylord 
Time Dollars # 1 Pg. 3 - Art by Jerry Gaylord & David Newbold 
Blood of Onyx, Time Dollars and The Who'Whats?! are TM and (C) of Patrick Strange and Temple Far East Entertainment. Blood of Onyx, Time Dollars and The Who'Whats?! are written and created by Patrick Strange.
Alright... here are some never before seen production art pieces from the planned Time Dollars #2 that never saw print and a glimpse into the story of the upcoming Mr. Washington graphic novel.... tell me what you think... artwork by Arkady Roytman and Adam Frizzel... 
Hello all,
I am currently assisting produce & interviewing protestors for a film documentary with Nathaniel Paluga of the T & B Institute (Motion Pictures & Press). Portions of the film will be made available on www.declarationofpeace.org, www.youtube.com, www.myspace.com and other venues & websites to be announced. The purpose of this post is to call on you all (my family, friends and general public) for questions that you all would like me to ask the protestors/govt. officials/etc. in regards to the current state of affairs of our country and its dealing with the Iraq situation. We are hoping to cover both sides of the issue and invite anyone & everyone to share their view whether they are for or against the President and the occupation of Iraq. The filming started today and will continue until next Thursday, September 28th. If you are in the VA/MD/DC area and would like to express your views/opinions to me on camera and are able to come into downtown DC where we are shooting, send me an e-mail at patrickstrange@gmail.com to arrange a time. Thank you for your time and I appreciate your assistance.
To all my fam & friends and to anyone whom would like to speak out about the current state of affairs of our country:
DECLARATION OF PEACE PROTEST - Washington DC
Starting tomorrow, I will be assisting Nathaniel Paluga and the T & B Institute (Motion Pictures & Press) in filming the Declaration of Peace Protest for a film documentary from September 21st to the 28th in Washington DC. From September 21-28, just days before Congress adjourns for the fall elections, Declaration signers will take action – and support a comprehensive peace process – by taking part in nonviolent action, marches, rallies, demonstrations, interfaith services, candlelight vigils and other creative ways to declare peace at the U.S. Capitol and in cities and towns across the country.
Film footage from the 9-11-2006 demonstrations on YouTube.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TRLF69p_S0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYd8SOFm2-c
The Declaration of Peace:
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish by September 21, 2006 a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq, including:
If this plan for peace is not created and activated by Congress by September 21, the International Day of Peace, Declaration signers across the U.S. will engage in nonviolent action in Washington, D.C. and in communities throughout the nation.
