She has worked in the music department of over sixty different films and television series. From there she joined the BMI music agency, then worked on
Roger Corman B-movies,
made-for-television movies and other films. In
1999 she finally broke into television, with her own music company
Chop Shop Music Supervision, on the series
Roswell and began to work primarily on TV series, including
Carnivàle,
Fastlane,
Boston Public,
Tru Calling,
1-800-Missing and
Criminal Minds, as well as the film
Happy, Texas. In
2007 alone, she covered dozens of episodes of the series
Without a Trace,
Shark,
Rescue Me and
Mad Men. Her most notable work has been on the series
The O.C., ''
Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice, Supernatural, Chuck, Gossip Girl, Scandal, Riverdale, Lucifer, Inventing Anna and Bridgerton'', for which she was nominated for an
Emmy. Her work on
The O.C. involved the selecting, mixing and supervising of all the tracks that featured in the show, as well as on the
six soundtracks that followed. Her work was also substantially made up of approaching bands and artists about recording covers and requesting licensing permission to include songs on the show and in the mixes. Because her ongoing search for suitable songs often leads to unsigned or non-mainstream performers, she is partially responsible for re-surfacing the trend of music promotion through television since
The Flaming Lips's appearance in
Beverly Hills, 90210, particularly on ''Grey's Anatomy'' with songs such as
Snow Patrol's "
Chasing Cars" and
The Fray's "
How to Save a Life", which both saw huge success after being featured in the show. Following this trend was the
Beastie Boys' single "
Ch-Check It Out" which debuted in an episode of
The O.C., even before its premiere on the radio.
Josh Schwartz, who originally hired Patsavas for
The O.C., which he created, re-hired her for
Gossip Girl and
Chuck, both of which he created, after seeing the success that she brought to both
The O.C. and the songs and artists featured in it. Her work on
Gossip Girl brought in many New York-orientated bands (for the show's setting) and other popular songs including
Fergie's "
Glamorous" for the series' promotional video. She recently was music supervisor on Marvel's Runaways, also produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. In 2007
Chop Shop Music Supervision, opened its own music label
Chop Shop Records, in a deal with
Atlantic Records, later moving to
Universal Records. In addition to the Twilight Series, Patsavas has also worked on many films including
Hunger Games: Catching Fire,
Perks of Being a Wallflower,
Wonder,
A Futile and Stupid Gesture,
Warm Bodies,
Moxie and more recently the Oscar winner
CODA. Patsavas has been nominated three times for a
Grammy Award for the "Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media". Her first nomination was for the compilation ''Grey's Anatomy Original Soundtrack, Vol. 2
, the only television soundtrack in the category, shared with producer Mitchell Leib and the various artists that were featured in the album. Her other nominations (both with Paul Katz) were for the Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'', each of which were released on her label Chop Shop Records. She was also a judge for the 5th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. She also served as Chair of the Board of Musicares following 10 years as an officer and board member of the charitable arm of the Recording Academy. In 2020 Patsavas joined Netflix in the newly created role of director/music creative production for original series overseeing Netflix's creative music services and production strategy for original series. ==In popular culture==