Patrick Nelson Barnes
Patrick Nelson Barnes is an Emmy® award-winning film editor based in Los Angeles. After growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area making movies on Super 8 film and VHS, followed by a young stint in politics, art school, and a career in the documentary world, he became a sought-after editor in scripted feature films and television. He is best known for editing 'American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing' (Netflix, Dir. Floyd Russ) for which he was awarded an Emmy® award for Outstanding Editing: Documentary; a multi-film collaboration with director Amber Sealey on the critically-acclaimed features 'No Man of God', starring Elijah Wood and Emmy® Award winner Luke Kirby, 'No Light and No Land Anywhere' (Produced by Miranda July, 'Kajillionaire'), and the Sundance film 'How Does it Start'; for working with Sundance and SXSW award-winning writer-director Jim Cummings ('Thunder Road') on the feature film 'The Wolf of Snow Hollow'; and for working with Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx on his directorial debut 'All-Star Weekend'.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor
- 8 on MovieCove
What are Patrick Nelson Barnes' films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Patrick Nelson Barnes' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Patrick Nelson Barnes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
California King(2025)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Love, Danielle(2024)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
No Man of God(2021)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Wolf of Snow Hollow(2020)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 8 MovieCove titles from 2016 to 2025.
How do Patrick Nelson Barnes' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Loved with Detractors1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 28. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Patrick Nelson Barnes' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Patrick Nelson Barnes work with?
People who share at least 2 of Patrick Nelson Barnes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jimmy Tatro shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Floyd RussShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Floyd Russ
- Amber SealeyShared titles: No Man of God (2021), No Light and No Land Anywhere (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Amber Sealey
Actors
- Jimmy TatroShared titles: California King (2025), The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie (2024), The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Jimmy Tatro
Composers and editors
- Victor MagroShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Victor Magro
- Will ButlerShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Will Butler
Producers
- Aaron L. GinsburgShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron L. Ginsburg
- Ali BrownShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Ali Brown
- Jacob L. MillerShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jacob L. Miller
- Kerstin EmhoffShared titles: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025), American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kerstin Emhoff
