About
Union Patriot Capital Inc. is a strategic advisor and fund manager founded by Michael Mendelsohn, President and CEO. UPC is uniquely positioned to source funds, structure deals, and negotiate transactions. UPC funds films and arranges distribution through major studios, independent distribution, and foreign sales. As a loan portfolio manager for leading banks, hedge funds, equity investors and financial institutions UPC facilitates full service project financing, corporate facilities and strategic advisory services with industry specialization in entertainment, sports, gaming, aerospace defense, technology, corporate branding and media. UPC also sources transactions for major international banks, hedge funds, and other equity providers and lenders in prudently structured, high-yielding deals.
Meet Our Team
Backed by decades of industry experience, our team brings a proven track record across film, television, finance, production, and distribution.
CEO
Michael Mendelsohn
Mr. Mendelsohn currently manages senior and mezzanine debt portfolios for banks and financial institutions specializing in entertainment, sports and media finance. He also provides strategic advice for corporate clients and talent-based entertainment businesses as well as sourcing strategic investors and principal capital for media related technology companies. Mr. Mendelsohn is a lead advisor in negotiating content library acquisitions and valuations, sale and acquisition of entertainment properties for international television conglomerates.
During his career, Mr. Mendelsohn has structured and placed over $1.8 billion in senior debt for such banks as, BNP Paribas (media and entertainment) [10 Years], Union Bank of California (entertainment) [5 Years] and JP Morgan and Comerica (sports), and arranged production financing or foreign distribution and co-production deals for such entertainment companies Lakeshore Entertainment (Paramount), Beacon Communications (Universal Pictures), Icon Productions (Paramount), and Franchise Pictures (Warner Bros.). Mr. Mendelsohn has arranged production financing for over 258 films, such as Lord of War released by Lions Gate Films, written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Nicolas Cage and Ethan Hawke, and “Material Girls” released by MGM, starring Hilary and Haylie Duff and Anjelica Huston, directed by Martha Coolidge, Beacon Pictures and Wolfgang Peterson’s Air Force One starring Harrison Ford, Lakeshore Entertainment produced The Mothman Prophecies starring Richard Gere, Wachowski Sisters’ The Matrix; Icon Pictures produced What Women Want starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, The Gift starring Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves, Arlington Road starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, Samuel Goldwyn Jr.’s Madness of King George (4 Academy Award Nominations), and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs.
A graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Michael majored in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management and minored in English and Russian Literature. He often lectures at his alma mater, as well as AFI, Harvard, NYU, UCLA and USC. Mr. Mendelsohn resides in Los Angeles, California and is on the Los Angeles Board of Directors of the United States Holocaust Museum.
Senior Vice President of Operations
Natalie Perrotta
Natalie Perrotta is SVP of Operations of Patriot Pictures LLC (a development and production company) and Union Patriot Capital Management LLC (a finance company).
Working at those companies for the past fifteen (15) years, she has Executive Produced and Co-Produced several projects including California Schemin’ (TIFF 2025) starring Seamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley, James Corden, and James McAvoy; DreamQuil (SXSW 2026) directed by Alex Prager, starring Elizabeth Banks, John C. Reilly, Juliette Lewis; Almost Popular (2025) starring Ruby Rose Turner; God is a Bullet (2023) written and directed by Nick Cassavetes and based on Boston Teran’s acclaimed novel, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, January Jones, and Jamie Foxx; How the Gringo Stole Christmas (2023) starring George Lopez; Blackout (2022) directed by Sam Macaroni and starring Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Omar Chaparro, and Nick Nolte; Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) starring Nicolas Cage and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; Synchronic (2020) starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan which was #4 on iTunes and #1 on Netflix; Cut Throat City (2020) directed by Wu Tang Clan’s RZA and starring Terrence Howard, Westley Snipes, and Ethan Hawke and was accepted at South by Southwest 2020 and was #1 on Netflix; Running with the Devil (2019) starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Zeroville (2019) starring James Franco, Megan Fox, Seth Rogan, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Jacki Weaver, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride; I Am Michael (2015) starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; and Hangman (2017) starring Al Pacino and Brittany Snow. Natalie has a BA in Psychology from the University of California Irvine.
Upcoming releases Natalie executive produced are Alicia in Wonderland starring Ella Bleu Travolta, Edouard Philipponnat, Sasha Luss, James Cromwell, and Terrence Howard, and the documentary Ghost Ships executive produced and narrated by Mads Mikkelsen.