---
name: "Jody Patton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jody-patton"
fi1m_id: "jody-patton"
imdb_id: "nm0666580"
tmdb_id: 66911
wikidata_id: "Q16150609"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:47:29.969105+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jody Patton

## Identity

Jody Patton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jody-patton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jody-patton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0666580
- **TMDB ID:** 66911
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16150609
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Allen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16150609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66911

Producer. Born 1 January 1955 in Wedgwood.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Wedgwood
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Allen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16150609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66911

## Biography

Jody Patton is an American film producer and president of Vulcan Productions, an independent production company founded by Paul G. Allen. She studied drama at Whitman College and has overseen the development and financing of feature films and documentaries through the company.

Patton produced *Far from Heaven* (2002), directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid. Her other credits include producing *Titus* (1999), directed by Julie Taymor, and serving as executive producer on *Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas* (2006). Vulcan Productions films under her leadership have included *The Safety of Objects* (2001) and *Coastlines* (2002).

She has also been executive director of the Paul G. Allen Foundations and held roles including vice chair of First & Goal Inc.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cinema.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Black Sky* (2004), series, Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Blues* (2003), series, Executive Producer
- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)
- *Me & Isaac Newton* (2000), Producer
- *Titus* (1999), Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jody-patton