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name: "Michael Pattinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-pattinson"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:05:08.467642+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."
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# Michael Pattinson

Director. Born 1 January 1957 in Melbourne, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, Melbourne, Australia
- **Also known as:** Майкл Паттинсон
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pattinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6833415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141989

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Farscape*](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) (82)

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## Biography

Michael Pattinson is an Australian film and television director. Born in 1957 in Melbourne, he began directing in 1980 and has worked on numerous Australian and international productions.

He is known for directing episodes of *Farscape* (2002), *Millennium* (1997), *The Lost World* (1999–2002), *BeastMaster* (2000–2002) and *Mortified* (2007). His feature film credits include *Moving Out* (1983) and *Ground Zero* (1987), the latter co-directed with Bruce Myles and entered in the Berlin International Film Festival.

Pattinson has also directed episodes of *Rush* (2009–2010) and *City Homicide* (2009). He spent nine years in Los Angeles directing for US studios before returning to Australia.

*Sources: imdb.com, michaelpattinson.com.au, en.wikipedia.org, farscape.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Farscape* (1999), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Rush* (2008), series, Director
- *Mortified* (2006), series, Director
- *The Sleepover Club* (2003), series, Director
- *Virtual Nightmare* (2000), Director
- *BeastMaster* (1999), series, Director
- *The Lost World* (1999), series, Director
- *Farscape* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *Millennium* (1996), series, Director
- *The Limbic Region* (1996), Director
- *Flipper* (1995), series, Director
- *The Last Bullet* (1995), Director
- *The Feds* (1993), series, Director
- *One Crazy Night* (1992), Producer, Director
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, Director
- *Wendy Cracked a Walnut* (1990), Director
- *Ground Zero* (1987), Director, Producer
- *Winners: Just Friends* (1985), Director
- *Street Hero* (1984), Director
- *Moving Out* (1983), Producer, Director

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