Saladin K. Patterson

Saladin K. Patterson is an American television writer and producer.

Early life Patterson, who is of African American heritage, grew up in Montgomery, Alabama and attended Loveless Academic Magnet Program. He studied engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and entered a graduate psychology program at Vanderbilt University.

Career Patterson left the graduate program at Vanderbilt to accept a "prestigious Disney|ABC Writing Fellowship", which gained him access to career opportunities in film and television. He landed a staff writer position on Teen Angel, and then became a writer for Frasier and for The Bernie Mac Show

For seven years, Patterson worked on Psych as a co-executive producer. In 2019, he signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television.