Patricia McNeil
{{Short description|Canadian costume designer and production designer}}
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| occupation = Costume designer
Production designer
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Patricia McNeil is a Canadian costume designer and production designer. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design, for the films Nelly, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) and The Twentieth Century,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts/cinema/201703/12/01-5078108-juste-la-fin-du-monde-remporte-six-prix-aux-ecrans-canadiens.php |title=Juste la fin du monde remporte six prix aux Écrans canadiens |last= |first= |date=12 March 2017 |accessdate=12 March 2017 |work=La Presse}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/201903/31/01-5220281-cinq-prix-ecrans-canadiens-a-la-grande-noirceur.php |title=Cinq prix Écrans canadiens à La grande noirceur |work=La Presse |date=March 31, 2019}} and a winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design for The Great Darkened Days.
In 2011, she was nominated for the Genie Award for Costume Design for The Wild Hunt.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/barney-s-version-incendies-top-genie-noms-1118031407/ |title='Barney's Version,' 'Incendies' top Genie noms |last=Punter |first=Jennie |date=2 February 2011 |accessdate=12 March 2017 |work=Variety}} McNeil designed the costumes for Anne Émond's 2015 film Our Loved Ones, with The Hollywood Reporter reviewing the costuming as "thankfully not too obsessed with aging and getting the period right".{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/loved-les-etres-chers-tiff-824178 |title='Our Loved Ones' ('Les Etres Chers'): TIFF Review |last=van Hoeij |first=Boyd |date=18 September 2015 |accessdate=12 March 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} McNeil worked for Émond again on Nelly. She collaborated with Simon Bélanger and José Manuel St-Jacques of UNTTLD on the film, drawing inspiration from Marilyn Monroe.{{Cite web|url=http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/01/23/film-nelly-robes-unttld_n_14334420.html |title=Les magnifiques robes de soirée du film " Nelly " sont signées des créateurs québécois de UNTTLD (PHOTOS) |last= |first= |date=23 January 2017 |accessdate=12 March 2017 |work=The Huffington Post}}
In addition to designing the costumes, McNeil served as production designer for The Great Darkened Days.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/great-darkened-days-la-grande-noirceur-review-1141513 |title='The Great Darkened Days' ('La Grande Noirceur'): Film Review : TIFF 2018 |last=Mintzer |first=Jordan |date=10 September 2018 |accessdate=7 February 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Awards and nominations
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External links
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Category:Best Costume Design Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Canadian costume designers
Category:Canadian production designers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Best Art Direction/Production Design Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners