Anne Pritchard

{{Short description|Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator}} {{Infobox artist | name = Anne Pritchard | birth_date = 1935 | birth_place = [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = 2025 | death_place = | nationality = | movement = | awards = '''[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Etrog Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design]]''' 1970 ''[[The Act of the Heart]]'' 1976 ''[[The Far Shore]]'' '''[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Genie Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design]]''' 1980 ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]'' 1985 ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' '''[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design|Genie Award for Best Costume Design]]''' 1980 ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]'' '''[[Prix Iris for Best Art Direction|Jutra Award for Best Art Direction]]''' 2012 ''[[Laurence Anyways]]'' | field = [[production design]], [[art direction]] | training = }}

'''Anne Pritchard''' (1935-2025)<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=canadianproductiondesign |postid=DPBfXYsjre5 |title=In Memoriam: Anne Pritchard (1935-2025) |date=25 September 2025}}</ref> was a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator. She was most noted as a four-time [[Canadian Film Award|Etrog]] and [[Genie Award|Genie]] award winner for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Best Art Direction/Production Design]], winning at the [[22nd Canadian Film Awards]] in 1970 for ''[[The Act of the Heart]]'',<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. [[Stoddart Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}.</ref> at the [[27th Canadian Film Awards]] in 1976 for ''[[The Far Shore]]'',<ref name=topalovich/> at the [[2nd Genie Awards]] in 1981 for ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]'',<ref name=bonsdebarras>[[Jay Scott]], "Les Bons Debarras sweeps the Genies". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 13, 1981.</ref> and at the [[7th Genie Awards]] in 1986 for ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'',<ref>Bruce Bailey, "Cousin strikes Genie gold; Comedy-drama triumphs in film awards' top categories". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', March 21, 1986.</ref> and a Genie Award winner for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] at the 2nd Genie Awards for ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]''.<ref name=bonsdebarras/>

She received six other nominations for Best Art Direction/Production Design over the course of her career: for ''Fantastica'' at the 2nd Genie Awards,<ref>[[Jay Scott]], "Genie nominations released". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 10, 1981.</ref> for ''[[Threshold (1981 film)|Threshold]]'' at the [[4th Genie Awards]] in 1983,<ref>[[Jay Scott]], "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 10, 1983.</ref> for ''[[The Revolving Doors]] (Les Portes tournantes)'' at the [[10th Genie Awards]] in 1989,<ref>"Genie award nominees". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', February 14, 1989.</ref> for ''[[Perfectly Normal]]'' at the [[12th Genie Awards]] in 1991,<ref>"Genie candidates announced". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', October 10, 1991.</ref> for ''[[The Art of War (film)|The Art of War]]'' at the [[21st Genie Awards]] in 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/maelstrom-storms-the-genies/article18428436/ |title=Maelstrom storms the Genies |last=Lacey |first=Liam |date=December 13, 2000 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211211651/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/maelstrom-storms-the-genies/article18428436/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and for ''[[Laurence Anyways]]'' at the [[1st Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2013.<ref>Brian D. Johnson, [https://macleans.ca/culture/introducing-the-canadian-screen-awards-and-their-2013-nominees/ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees"]. ''[[Maclean's]]'', January 15, 2013.</ref>

For ''Laurence Anyways'', she was the winner of the [[Jutra Award]] for [[Prix Iris for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] at the [[15th Jutra Awards]] in 2013.<ref>"Liste des gagnants de la 15e ceremonie des Jutra". [[Canadian Press]], March 17, 2013.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0698008}}

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