Dr. Beckmann Wells' career includes executive leadership roles at Dreamworks SKG (where she also co-lead the build of the Bangalore studios) and Walt Disney Animation Studios responsible for art asset pipeline development and training internationally, and artist roles at Warner Brothers Digital, Film Roman, ITE Denmark, among others, and her own studio as a content creator.
Her animated films and projection mapping have received international acclaim in over 200 festivals, premiering at venues like Slamdance, the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art (LACMA), CERN, Supernova Digital Animation Festival and Anima Zagreb among others. Patricia was one of eight female-identifying directors chosen for Lunafest, sponsored by Luna bars, and her film ‘Family Tale’ traveled internationally with Lunafest raising money for Breast Cancer. Her film ‘Propolis, part 7’ premiered at Slamdance in Park City, UT, and she continues with the festival as a Judge for Series Shorts and DIG (Digital, Interactive, Gaming).