Patrick Lope: Patrick Lope. Director: True Life. Patrick Lope is a three-time Emmy Award-winning director, producer and editor. He began work in the television industry at MTV News + Docs in 1997. In 2002, Patrick produced his first episode of the acclaimed MTV documentary series, True Life, and continued work on the series through 2015. His subjects included drug addiction, pregnancy, Muay Thai fighters in Thailand, a jockey, elopers, mixed martial artists,...
