Biography
Patrice Vermette is a Canadian production designer and art director. Born in 1970 in Montreal, Quebec, he studied communications at Concordia University, specialising in sound, before beginning his career in music videos and television commercials.
He first gained prominence with the 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y., for which he received Genie and Jutra awards for art direction. Vermette has collaborated frequently with director Denis Villeneuve on films including Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), Sicario (2015), Arrival (2016), Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). He won the Academy Award for Best Production Design for Dune and received prior Oscar nominations for The Young Victoria (2009) and Arrival.
