Patrice Vermette (born 1970) is a Canadian production designer/art director.T'cha Dunlevy, "Arrival crew basks in Oscar love". Montreal Gazette, February 25, 2017. He is most noted for his work on the films C.R.A.Z.Y., for which he won both the Genie Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 26th Genie AwardsJ. Kelly Nestruck, "Genies go C.R.A.Z.Y.". National Post, March 14, 2006. and the Jutra Award for Best Art Direction at the 8th Jutra Awards,"Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars. and Dune, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 94th Academy Awards.Sadaf Ahsan, "Oscars a 'dream' come true for Montreal production designer who wins for 'Dune'". CTV News, March 27, 2022.
He was also a Jutra winner for Café de Flore at the 14th Jutra Awards and for 1987 at the 17th Jutra Awards, and was nominated at the 13th Jutra Awards for City of Shadows (La Cité)Charles-Henri Ramond, "Nominations aux Jutra 2011: tous derrière et lui devant". Films du Québec, February 10, 2011. and at the 17th Jutra Awards for Enemy. He was a Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 30th Genie Awards for 1981, at the 32nd Genie Awards for Café de Flore"The complete list of 2012 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2012. and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for Enemy, and an Academy Award nominee at the 82nd Academy Awards for The Young VictoriaJim Holt, "Canadian success no 'one trick pony'". Regina Leader-Post, March 5, 2010. and at the 89th Academy Awards for Arrival.
His other credits include the short film Magical Words (Les Mots magiques).
Early life and education Patrice Vermette was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied communications at Concordia University, specializing in sound. In 1977, at the age of seven, he watched the first film in the Star Wars series, a moment he said sparked his desire to dedicate his life to helping tell stories like the one he had seen. Vermette has also stated that as a music enthusiast, his "dream" was to produce albums.
After graduating university, Vermette was involved in the visual design of music videos. He also worked in advertising.
Filmography Year Title Director 2001 Hidden Agenda Marc S. Grenier 2005 C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée2009 1981 Ricardo Trogi The Young Victoria Jean-Marc Vallée 2010 City of Shadows Kim Nguyen 2011 Café de Flore Jean-Marc Vallée 2012 La Banda Picasso Fernando Colomo2013 PrisonersDenis Villeneuve Enemy 2014 1987 Ricardo Trogi 2015 Sicario Denis Villeneuve 2016 Arrival 2017 The Mountain Between Us Hany Abu-Assad2018 Gringo Nash Edgerton Vice Adam McKay 2021 Dune Denis Villeneuve 2023 Foe Garth Davis 2024 Dune: Part TwoDenis Villeneuve
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