Padriac Farma is a New England native from South Boston, Massachusetts. He studied film and video at Columbia College Chicago from 2001 to 2005, focusing on documentary studies. He has served as camera assistant, camera operator, and unit manager on several reality television series such as Trading Spouses and American Idol, as well as documentary productions for Fox and The Discovery Channel. He is currently studying Visual Media Art in Emerson College’s MFA program, and is in the production stage of a documentary about bussing in South Boston during the 1970’s.