I was born in….
Hamburg
I now live in…
London
But if I could live anywhere, it would be…
Neverland (the fictional island, not the ranch)
Right now, I’m binge-watching…
Award Entries
The last track I listened to was…
Fontaine’s DV – Televised Mind
I dream about…
Cannes 2021
The app I couldn’t survive without is…
Sonos
Social media is…
antisocial
When we can travel again, I’ll be heading to…
somewhere sunny
The most important lesson I’ve learned in 2020…
patience
The best/worst thing about lockdown was…
the weather / not seeing my family overseas
What the film industry needs is…
a reset and unified approach going forward
What I wish I’d known when I was starting my career…
that there’s always a way
The best advice I’ve ever been given…
to focus on my own career, not on those around me
The film I wish I’d made…
Honda “The Impossible Dream”
My biggest inspiration is…
music
The person I would canonise is…
Martin Luther King
If I wasn’t a producer ... I’d be…
a physiotherapist
My last meal would be…
Indian
My life philosophy in three words…
onwards and upwards
Patrick Cahill
Head of Film
Havas
After stints in production, a&r and artist management, Patrick started his agency career with Hamburg-based independent agency Grabarz & Partner where he was promoted to Head of Production in 2011. During his time there, he produced campaigns for Volkswagen, Vodafone, Ikea, Sennheiser, and many others. In 2014 he joined adam&eveDDB as Global EP on the network’s international Volkswagen campaigns, he also worked on campaigns for, Lloyd’s Banking Group, Budweiser, McCain, Lipton, Haig Club, FIFA18 & H&M.
In 2018 he joined Havas London as Head of Film where he leads a team of 20 film producers and is responsible for the audio-visual output of agencies Havas London, Havas helia and Field Day. His work has won awards at all the big shows and he has been a speaker, and/or judge, on panels at award shows around the globe.