THE YOUNG VICTORIA PRODUCTION NOTES - Thecia

Hero, Proof, I’m Not Scared, Birthday Girl, City of God, Malena, The Yards, Committed,
An Ideal Husband.
PATRICE VERMETTE - Production Designer
Over the past 16 years, Patrice Vermette has art directed close to 500 television
commercials in Canada and abroad and over 40 music videos, including Metallica and
Shania Twain.
Vermette's collaboration with director Vallée dates back to 1995 when they worked
together on the short film Les Mots Magiques. He went on to work with Vallée on the
award-winning C.R.A.Z.Y, for which he was awarded a Genie.
His other film work includes Dead Awake and Hidden Agenda, both directed by Marc S.
Grenier. He is currently designing the feature film La Cité des Ombres, directed by Kim
Nugyen.
SANDY POWELL - Costume Designer
Winner of two Academy Awards® for her work on The Aviator, for Martin Scorsese, and
Shakespeare in Love, for director John Madden, Sandy Powell had also been nominated
five more times for Mrs. Henderson Presents, Gangs of New York, Velvet Goldmine, The
Wings of the Dove and Orlando. In addition, she has won the BAFTA Award for Velvet
Goldmine and been nominated for eight more. Other awards include winning the Evening
Standard Awards for her work on Orlando and for Edward II.
Sandy Powell studied at London Central School of Art and began her career in film
collaborating with Derek Jarman, working on Caravaggio with the director. Other credits
include Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins, The Crying Game, The Butcher Boy
and The End of the Affair, with director Neil Jordan, Hilary and Jackie, Sylvia, Far From
Heaven and The Other Boleyn Girl. She recently worked with Martin Scorsese on his
multiple Academy Award® winner The Departed and is currently at work on her fourth
collaboration with him on Shutter Island.
JENNY SHIRCORE - Make up and Hair Designer
For her exceptional work on Elizabeth, Jenny Shircore was awarded an Oscar® and a
BAFTA for Best Make-up and Hair (1999). In a career that spans over 20 years, she has
designed for directors as diverse as David Leland, Mike Figgis, Michael Apted, Stephen
Frears, Shekhar Kapur, Neil Jordan and Mira Nair.
Her credits include Land Girls, Notting Hill, Enigma, Dirty Pretty Things, Four Feathers,
Girl with a Pearl Earring and Vanity Fair working with stars such as Cate Blanchett,
Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Reese Witherspoon and Heath
Ledger amongst many others. In 2004 Jenny designed Make-Up and Hair for the Joel
Schumacher directed The Phantom of the Opera and for Stephen Frears’ Mrs.
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