Patrik-Ian Polk (Writing)

Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles

A pandemic-era reunion special of Patrik-Ian Polk’s groundbreaking ’Noah’s Arc’ series.

Release Date:2020-07-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

P-Valley

Down deep in the Mississippi Delta, Trap music meets film noir in this kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned.

Release Date:2020-07-12

Department:Production

Job:Co-Executive Producer

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:226

The Chi

A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.

Release Date:2018-01-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:176

Blackbird

Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It's not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are.

Release Date:2014-02-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Singer

Vote Count:34

The Skinny

Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for a weekend of fun, sins, secrets, lies and drama.

Release Date:2012-02-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:16

Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom

As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.

Release Date:2008-10-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:14

Adulthood

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.

Release Date:2008-06-16

Character:Comically Tall Man

Vote Count:137

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

Release Date:2006-02-12

Character:Self

Vote Count:20

Noah's Arc

Noah's Arc is an American cable television dramedy. The series, which predominantly features gay black and Latino characters, focused on many socially relevant issues, including same sex dating, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay bashing. It ran from October 19, 2005, to October 4, 2006. After its cancellation, a film was produced entitled Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, which was released theatrically in 2008.

Release Date:2005-10-19

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:15

Noah's Arc

Four gay friends live in L.A. and deal with today's issues, boyfriends, aids, your boyfriend's children, making it in the movie biz, etc.

Release Date:2004-07-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Punks

The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.

Release Date:2000-01-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7