Patrick W. Ziegler

Patrick W. Ziegler, a native of Grand Rapids, is an Actor and an Emmy® Award winning Producer, Writer and Director. He is co-founder and Managing Partner (alongside long-time producing partner, Teresa L. Thome) of Fubble Entertainment Fubble has in development a Holiday movie "The Santa Hat" with Ed Asner and Shirley Jones, a new sitcom "I've Got A Life In Kalamazoo" starring Vicki Lewis, Ed Asner, Marion Ross, Gregory Jbara as well as Patrick. Fubble also launched five episodes of the Emmy® Award winning web series "Backstage Drama" (winning a national Telly® Award and local Eclipse Award). Serves as creative producer for Gilda's Club Grand Rapids LaughFest producing shows starring Betty White, Alan Zweibel, Kevin Nealon and Martin Short, Jonathan Mangum, Wayne Brady and Jay Leno. He served as Executive Producer with Joan Rivers on her final project that was being developed, an animation that featured her and Christina Millian, Melissa Rivers, Seth Rudetsky, Michael Urie, Susie Essman and French Stewart, titled "Fashionista and Glamour Girl" Prior to Fubble, Ziegler served as Executive Producer of Enthusiastic Productions for which he was nominated for National Day Time Emmy® Award and won a Regional Emmy® Award and two National Telly Awards for the children's television show, Come On Over! Ziegler studied Theater and Communications at Western Michigan University and in 2009 he was inducted into the distinguished Outstanding Alumni Academy. After his studies at Western he moved to New York City where he trained at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and went on to work at the New York Joseph Papp Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park and the Roundabout Theatre. In Los Angeles, Patrick worked as a producer with the Emmy® Winning production house Wunderfilm Design and helped produce main titles for "The Jamie Foxx Show", "Cable Guy" and "Dennis Miller Live." He founded, performed and directed the HBO Comedy Festival finalist comedy troupe "The Hollywood Players" after his training at the famed The Groundlings Improv. He produced and directed the "I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Stage Show" with CBS, Lucyfan Enterprises and Desilu, too, LLC. He serves as a judge for the National Daytime Emmy® Awards. Ziegler, who's Fubble Entertainment offices are in Michigan splits his time between Los Angeles, Chicago and Grand Rapids Michigan.