Vincent Patar

{{short description|Belgian film director and screenwriter (born 1965)}}

Vincent Patar (born 2 September 1965) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. In 2009 he wrote and directed the animated film A Town Called Panic along with Stéphane Aubier. It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first stop-motion film to be screened at the festival.{{cite web|last=Punter|first=Jennie|title=A Town Called Panic|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/a-town-called-panic/article4306736/|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 19, 2010|access-date=February 3, 2014}} In 2013 he co-directed with Aubier and Benjamin Renner the film Ernest & Celestine, which received widespread critical acclaim. The film received three Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Patar and Aubier.{{cite news|last=Lorfèvre|first=Alain|title=Trois Magritte pour "Ernest et Célestine"|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/cinema/trois-magritte-pour-ernest-et-celestine-52ed46ea3570d7514c2f12bc|access-date=February 3, 2014|newspaper=La Libre Belgique|date=February 1, 2014|language=fr}} It also received a nomination at the 86th Academy Awards, in the category of Best Animated Feature.{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees?cid=AMPAS_oscarnominees|title=2014 Oscar Nominees|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 16, 2014}}