Born on May 11 1973 in Brockton to Judy and Bill Quinn Jr. of Addison Street. Both of Patrick's parents attended public schools in the city and graduated from the old High School in 1961. Judy Quinn worked as a dental assistant until changing careers to become a fundraising coordinator for the Yankee Candle Co. Bill Quinn was the neighborhood pharmacist on Oak Street for 2 decades working for Dunnington Drugs until becoming a consultant pharmacist for PharMerica. Patrick has one sister Susan lives with her husband and daughter in LA and is the Coordinating Producer of TMZ.

Patrick Attended the Raymond elementary, North JR High, and later graduated from Brockton High School in the class of 1991. While at BHS, Patrick was influential in the Amnesty International chapter, which was the first high school group ever to be invited on a study trip to London England at Amnesty International's Headquarters.

A passion for photography and film making lead Patrick to Emerson College where he graduated in 1995 with a Bachelors degree in Mass Communications with minors in Film and Politics. At Emerson Patrick became a member of the Professional National Co–ed Fraternity Zeta Phi Eta.

After leaving college Patrick relocated to New York City to begin a very successful career as a cameraman in the film industry. Patrick quickly excelled in the industry working with many of the top filmmakers of today. Some of his credits include the films "The Ice Storm", "Analyze This", "A Beautiful Mind" and in Television worked on "The Sopranos" for seven years. Being a member of the film union I.A.T.S.E. Local 600 of the Cinematographers Guild Patrick has been on the East Coast Executive board since 1996 and has been an alternate to the National Executive Board in Los Angeles.
Patrick relocated back to Brockton in August of 2006 after having purchased a house in 2005 next to his parents on Addison Street. As filmmaking is on the increase through out Massachusetts and New England it was the perfect time to move back to Brockton and share the experiences of excellence that have surrounded Patrick in his Professional life.