Richard Paris (production designer)

{{Short description|Canadian production designer and art director}}

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| occupation = Production designer
Art director

| nationality = Canadian

| awards = Genie Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design

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Richard Paris is a Canadian production designer and art director based in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite book |last=Bales |first=Kate |title=Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide |publisher=Lone Eagle |date=1999 |page=212}}

With collaborator Linda Del Rosario and director Atom Egoyan, Paris worked on the films Speaking Parts (1989) and The Adjuster (1991). The three collaborated again on Exotica (1994), where Del Rosario and Paris were tasked to design a "lushly rendered tropical set".{{cite magazine |last=Banning |first=Kass |date=Fall 1994 |title=Exotica |magazine=Take One |page=18}} They shared the Genie Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design for Exotica.{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1995/01/02/4015-19950102/ |title=Egoyan works magic on Genie judges |last=Cuthbert |first=Pamela |date=2 January 1995 |accessdate=24 May 2017 |work=Playback}}