Patrick Bouchard

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| birth_date = 1974

| birth_place = Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

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| years_active = 1990s-present

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Patrick Bouchard (born 1974 in Saguenay, Quebec) is a Canadian animator.[https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/programmation/projections/film/bydlo-0 "Bydlo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605171758/https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/programmation/projections/film/bydlo-0 |date=2019-06-05 }}. Cinémathèque québécoise. A graduate of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, he made his first animated film Jean Leviériste while attending that institution.

He is a four-time winner of the Prix Jutra/Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film for his films The Brainwashers (2003), Dehors novembre (2006),Matthew Hays, [https://playbackonline.ca/2006/04/03/jutras-20060403/ "C.R.A.Z.Y. sweeps Jutras, as expected"]. Playback, April 3, 2006. Bydlo (2012)"Jutra Awards soiree fails to elicit much drama; Rebelle the big winner while Michel Cote takes home lifetime achievement award". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2013. and The Subject (2018),{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/201906/02/01-5228513-gala-quebec-cinema-1991-sacre-meilleur-film-de-lannee.php |title=Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l'année |date=June 2, 2019 |accessdate=June 5, 2019 |work=La Presse |author=Marc-Andre Lussier |language=French}} and a three-time Genie Award and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film, for Dehors novembre,Guy Dixon, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/forget-the-awards-watch-the-party/article702527/ "Forget the awards. Watch the party"]. The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006. Bydlo[https://www.macleans.ca/culture/introducing-the-canadian-screen-awards-and-their-2013-nominees/ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees"]. Maclean's, January 15, 2013. and The Subject.[https://www.awn.com/news/animal-behaviour-leads-animation-nominees-canadian-screen-awards "‘Animal Behaviour’ Leads Animation Nominees for Canadian Screen Awards"]. Animation World Network, February 8, 2019.