Patrick (Pat) Abboud is a Walkley award winning storyteller.
Pat founded Only Human Productions and is a creative partner in Dreamchaser Studios, led by Carl Fennessy and Hugh Marks.
Pat’s work traverses multiple genres and formats across documentary, factual series, immersive installation, investigative journalism and more recently scripted drama.
DNA Magazine describes Pat as “a prolific storyteller breaking the muold – he’s Australia’s Louis Theroux”.
His 2025 feature film ‘RISE’ is currently in production. Pat’s 2024 groundbreaking personal film, ‘Gayrabia’ for ABC TV was Highly Commended for Best Direction in Documentary at the Australian Directors Guild Awards (ADG) and was featured on Gogglebox. Pat’s 2023 film ‘Kids Raising Kids’ for SBS documentary strand Australia Uncovered, was nominated for Best Documentary at AIDC and Best Direction at the ADG Awards.
Pat was awarded 2023 Freelance Journalist of the Year by the Walkley Foundation and LGBTQ+ Media Disruptor of the Year. He is a 2-time Walkley winner, 3-time winner at the New York Festivals TV & Radio Awards, 4-time winner at the Australian Podcast Awards, a recipient of the SXSW Innovation Award. Pat’s work has also been nominated for the Rose D’Or, a duPont Colombia award and International Documentary Association awards.
In 2022 Pat co-created for Audible, genre bending queer true crime podcast, The Greatest Menace: Inside The Gay Prison Experiment. The series has won 19 international awards including Podcast of the Year in the UK and Best True Crime series in the USA. The podcast is now optioned for a scripted series adaptation and is currently in development.
Pat’s multi-channel audio visual installations and interactive documentaries have been commissioned by The Biennale of Sydney, and he’s currently creating a series of site-specific immersive works for the permanent collection at MoAD – the Museum of Democracy.
Patrick began his career at Triple J and the ABC before moving to Europe and The Middle East reporting for Deutsche Welle and Arte’. At SBS he founded the national current affairs & culture program The Feed. He was a foreign correspondent for Dateline, and hosted and directed content for the annual SBS Mardi Gras live TV broadcast. At Network 10, Pat reported and presented for The Project. He has guest hosted Australia’s most downloaded interview program Conversations on RN and Drive on 702. His interview series #PatChat has clocked over 50 million views online. Some of Pat’s favourite episodes include Sam Smith, Daniel Johns & Rami Malek.
When he’s not on your screens or in your ears, he’s in the kitchen cooking up a storm with his Middle Eastern family.
