Debs Patterson is the director of We are all Rwandans and Supraman. To date, Debs has directed and co-written 4 dramatic shorts, all of which have been successful
internationally, picking up both awards and funding. She has an eye for unusual and cross-cultural
stories - only one of these shorts was produced in the UK (two were in Rwanda, and one in India),
She has a gift for working with actors, and crossing cultural boundaries to elicit natural and
compelling stories and performance - and emphasising the shared humanity between audience
and strikingly diverse characters & situations.
Currently Debs is working on the development of two projects: ‘Africa United’ with writer Rhidian
Brook and Footprint Films, and a feature version of the ‘We Are All Rwandans’ short film also with
Footprint Films.
