John Patton Ford

Directing

John Patton Ford

Born 1981-12-30 · Sumter, South Carolina, USA

John Patton Ford is an American screenwriter and film director. He is known for his 2022 debut feature Emily the Criminal, which starred Aubrey Plaza. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and Ford later received the Best First Screenplay Award at the 2023 Independent Spirits Awards.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

How to Make a Killing poster
7.0

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

How to Make a Killing

2026

How to Make a Killing poster
7.0

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

How to Make a Killing

2026

Emily the Criminal poster
6.6

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

Emily the Criminal

2022

Emily the Criminal poster
6.6

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

Emily the Criminal

2022

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NR

Norm hates his gig as a security guard. He wanted a life of action, not a life of busting vandals at the mall. But when his six-year-old kid shows up for visitation and mistakes Dad for a policeman, Norm plays along. He quickly finds himself taking wild risks to maintain the guise of a street hardened five-o. When charade spins out of control, Norm must choose whether to come clean to his impressionable young son or continue living an overblown fantasy.

Patrol

2010

Journeymen poster
6.0

A parking lot security guard gives a Guatemalan boy a ride. Prejudice and compassion collide.

Journeymen

2007

Journeymen poster
6.0

A parking lot security guard gives a Guatemalan boy a ride. Prejudice and compassion collide.

Journeymen

2007

Ed Lee poster
NR

A school janitor is not content with his job. Cleaning through the library, he discovers something important about himself.

Ed Lee

2005

He Can Hear It poster
7.0

A blind, retired musician has run into trouble keeping up with rent payments. His piano student shows up in a time of need.

He Can Hear It

2006

He Can Hear It poster
7.0

A blind, retired musician has run into trouble keeping up with rent payments. His piano student shows up in a time of need.

He Can Hear It

2006