Patric Verrone
Patric Verrone | |
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Alma mater | Harvard College Boston College (JD) |
Spouse | Maiya Williams (m. 1989) |
Children | 3 |
Patric Miller Verrone (born September 29, 1959) is an American television writer and labor leader. He served as a writer and producer for several animated television shows, most notably Futurama.
Schooling and pre-television career
Verrone graduated
Career in television
Verrone began his career as a
The Critic
While editor of The Harvard Lampoon, Verrone met writers
While working on two seasons of The Critic, Verrone would serve as co-producer and writer of three episodes:
- "A Pig Boy and His Dog"
- "All the Duke's Men"
- "I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show"
Futurama
Verrone has written for
Verrone's writing credits for Futurama include:
- "A Fishful of Dollars" 1ACV06 (1999)
- "I Second That Emotion" 2ACV01 (1999)
- "A Clone of My Own" 2ACV10 (2000)
- "The Problem with Popplers" 2ACV15 (2000) – teleplay; story by Darin Henry
- "That's Lobstertainment!" 3ACV08 (2001)
- "A Leela of Her Own" 3ACV16 (2002)
- "The Sting" 4ACV12 (2003)
- "Bender's Game (Part 4)" 5ACV12 (2008) – teleplay with David X. Cohen
- "Attack of the Killer App" 6ACV03 (2010)
- "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" 6ACV11 (2010)
- "Ghost in the Machines" 6ACV19 (2011)
- "Decision 3012" 7ACV03 (2012)
- "31st Century Fox" 7ACV11 (2012)
- "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" 7ACV19 (2013)
- "The Impossible Stream" 8ACV01 (2023)
Writers Guild of America, West
On October 23, 2002, The Animation Writers Caucus (AWC) of the
In 2005, Verrone was elected president of the Writers Guild of America, West with 68 percent of the vote, after pledging to devote up to 30 percent of the Guild's budget to organizing writers in reality television, animation, cable, and independent film. He had previously served as secretary-treasurer for the organization and on the board of directors.[5]
Reelected president with more than 90 percent of the vote in September 2007, Verrone subsequently led the Writers Guild through a strike from November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008.
Verrone could not seek reelection in 2009 due to term limits under union rules.
In 2019, Verrone was on the negotiating committee for the "WGA-Agency Agreement", and joined other WGA members in firing his agents as part of the guild's stand against the ATA after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct" that addressed the practice of packaging.[7]
Historical figurines business
Aside from his work with the WGA and on television, Verrone also sculpts, paints, and sells historical figurines. His LinkedIn bio states:
I spend eight hours a day running a Hollywood labor union, eight hours making a living writing and producing television animation or sculpting and selling historical figurines on eBay, leaving eight hours to eat, sleep, and spend time with my wife and kids.[8]
The figurines are made to match sets made by Louis Marx and Company in the 1950s and 1960s.
Verrone has crafted the associate justices currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as all the other Chief Justices, and a few historically significant and recent justices. He says his long term intention is to create a figurine of each of the 110 justices in the Court's history.
He also has sculpted figurines of the eight U.S. Presidents that Marx never made, every major party presidential nominee since 1944, and a series of famous American figurines including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Mark Twain, and Frederick Douglass.
Personal life
In 1989, Verrone married television writer and novelist
Political candidacy
In March 2014, Verrone became a candidate for California State Senate in
References
- ^ a b Muir, Shannon. "Animated Insights for Non Artists: Patric Verrone Interview". digitalmediaFX.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2002. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
- ^ "Awards for Muppets Tonight". IMDB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ "Awards for Futurama". IMDB.com. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
- ^ "Animation Writers Honor Patric Verrone With Lifetime Achievement Award" (Press release). Archived from the original on October 1, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
- ^ "2005 WGAw Officer and Board Election Results". Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
- ^ "WGAW Announces Final Results of 2009 Officers and Board of Directors Election" (Press release). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Robb, David (April 22, 2019). "WGA: More Than 7,000 Writers Have Fired Their Agents". Deadline. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "Patric Verrone". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ^ "Patric Verrone Bio". IMDB.com. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
- ^ "California State Senate District 26". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
External links
- Patric Verrone at IMDb