Patrick Stettner is an American film director and writer.
His first film, Flux, was released in 1996 as a short, and starred Allison Janney in an early role.
He went on to direct and write the screenplay for The Business of Strangers in 2001, which earned him a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the Sundance Film Festival of that year and earned lead actress Stockard Channing an AFI nomination for Best Female Actress.
[1] In 2006, he then wrote and directed The Night Listener, an adaptation of Armistead Maupin's eponymous semi-autobiographical 2000 novel, which landed less-than-stellar reviews from critics.
He is an alumnus of Columbia University School of the Arts' film division.