Patrice Vermette

Patrice Vermette received an Oscar® nomination for his historical drama The Young Victoria, from director Jean-Marc Vallée. Elements of his designs for the film have been displayed in the exhibit De Fil en Aiguilles at Le Musée de l'Amérique Français in Quebec City, Canada.

Over the past 22 years, Vermette has art directed over 600 television commercials in Canada and abroad, and served as production designer on 11 feature films and more than 40 music videos.

Arrival marked Vermette's fourth collaboration in a row with Denis Villeneuve, having designed for the director's 2015 release Sicario as well as Prisoners and Enemy.

Vermette's other feature film work includes Jean-Marc Vallée's Café de Flore and C.R.A.Z.Y. For the former, Vermette received Canadian Screen Award and Directors Guild of Canada Award nominations and won the Jutra Award. Vermette's work from C.R.A.Z.Y. has been showcased in an exhibit at the Museum of Civilization, celebrating 100 years of Quebec filmmaking, including a full-scale rebuild of a bedroom set from the movie. The designs also garnered Vermette a Canadian Screen Award from the Canadian Film Academy, the Jutra Award from the Quebec Film Academy, and awards at Spain's Gijon Film Festival.

He designed two films for Ricardo Trogi: 1987 and, earning Vermette another Canadian Screen Award nomination and Directors Guild of Canada Award, 1981. He also designed for Fernando Colomo's La Banda Picasso and Kim Nugyen's La Cité, for which he received a Jutra Award and Directors of Guild of Canada Award nominations.

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