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. 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 has not directed any films since
The Night Listener.