Patrick Lussier (born 1964) is a Canadian-American filmmaker and editor, known for his numerous collaborations with director Wes Craven and fellow screenwriters

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Career

In 1994, Lussier was nominated at the Annual

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for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series for ''Adrift'' and in 1995 he was nominated for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series for ''Heads''. In 1996, he edited the ''

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'' television film and was praised by producer Philip David Segal for the quality of his work in the limited time he had been allotted. 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 all four entries in the ''Scream'' tetralogy. 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 ''

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'' and '' Darkness Falls'' amongst others. Lussier directed the 2009 remake of '' My Bloody Valentine'' for Lionsgate Films, written by Zane Smith and

. On September 19, 2009, Lussier signed on to write and direct ''Halloween III'', the second sequel to

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's 2007 reboot of the ''

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'' franchise, originally scheduled for 2011 but later delayed before ultimately being cancelled. In 2010, Lussier directed the supernatural road action film ''

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'', released on February 25, 2011. He co-wrote the screenplay with his previous collaborator Todd Farmer, of ''My Bloody Valentine 3D.'' Lussier and screenwriter

are founding members and creative consultants for

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. The duo wrote and co-produced the fifth film in the long-running '' Terminator'' series, ''

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'', released in 2015, 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". Recently, Lussier directed and co-produced the Hulu/Blumhouse anthology film "Flesh & Blood" for their new ''Into the Dark'' series. In 2019, he directed an episode of the US series '' The Purge'' for season 2.

Filmography

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