Patrick Lussier

Lussier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb076cb8a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422091805/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb076cb8a|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2019|title=Patrick Lussier|work=British Film Institute|accessdate=2023-05-09}}

He was nominated at the Annual Gemini Awards for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series for Adrift in 1994{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/1994/02/14/3246-19940214/|title=The 1994 Gemini nominees|author=|work=Playback|date=1994-02-14|accessdate=2023-05-09}} and Heads in 1995.{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/1995/01/30/4086-19950130/|title=The 1995 Gemini nominees|author=|work=Playback|date=1995-01-30|accessdate=2023-05-09}} In 1996, he edited the Doctor Who television film.

Lussier has worked as a film editor on most of director Wes Craven's latter films, including Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Vampire in Brooklyn, Red Eye, and the first three installments in the Scream film series. He made his directorial debut with The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, and co-wrote and directed the Craven-produced Dracula 2000. He also directed White Noise: The Light, which was a financial failure in spite of positive critical reception. He returned to editing on the English-language remake of The Eye starring Jessica Alba, on which he was also a visual consultant, and has also been credited as a visual consultant on Whisper and Darkness Falls amongst others.

Lussier directed the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine for Lionsgate Films, written by Zane Smith and Todd Farmer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/features/21-fearful-features/2552-my-bloody-valentine-the-naked-truth.html|title=MY BLOODY VALENTINE: The Naked Truth|publisher=Fangoria|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525140233/http://fangoria.com/features/21-fearful-features/2552-my-bloody-valentine-the-naked-truth.html|archive-date=2009-05-25}} On September 19, 2009, Lussier signed on to write and direct Halloween III,{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33907/halloween-3d-might-have-fx-artist-despite-temporary-hold|title=Halloween 3D Might Have an FX Artist, Despite Temporary Hold|publisher=DreadCentral}} the second sequel to Rob Zombie's 2007 reboot of the Halloween franchise, originally scheduled for 2011 but later delayed before ultimately being cancelled.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17303|title=Patrick Lussier in Talks for 'Halloween 3D'|publisher=Bloody-Disgusting}} In 2010, Lussier directed the supernatural road action film Drive Angry,{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17619|title=Promo Art for Lussier's 'Drive Angry'|publisher=Bloody-Disgusting}} released on February 25, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18419|title=Summit Sets Bloody High Speed Chase 'Drive Angry' for 2011|publisher=Bloody-Disgusting}} He co-wrote the screenplay with his previous collaborator Todd Farmer, of My Bloody Valentine 3D.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/14922|title=Patrick Lussier Talks Remaking 'My Bloody Valentine' in 3-D!|publisher=Bloody-Disgusting}} Lussier and screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis are founding members and creative consultants for Skydance Media. The duo wrote and co-produced the fifth film in the long-running Terminator series, Terminator Genisys, released in 2015,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/laeta-kalogridis-and-patrick-lussier-set-to-script-new-terminator-406595/|title=Laeta Kalogridis And Patrick Lussier Set To Script New 'Terminator' - Deadline.com|website=Deadline Hollywood}} and served as consultants for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.

In 2016, Lussier returned to the Scream franchise to direct the second season finale for the MTV television series adaptation "When a Stranger Calls". In 2018, Lussier directed and co-produced the Hulu/Blumhouse anthology film "Flesh & Blood" for their new Into the Dark series.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/hulu-into-the-dark-horror-series-blumhouse-release-date-1201959489/|title='Into the Dark': Hulu's Horror Series from Blumhouse TV Will Offer Feature-Length, Holiday-Themed Episodes|website=IndieWire}} In 2019, he directed an episode of the US series The Purge for season 2.

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Direct-to-video

Television

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