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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lorfèvre|first=Alain|title=Trois Magritte pour "Ernest et Célestine"|url=https://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}}</ref> It also received a nomination at the 86th Academy Awards, in the category of Best Animated Feature.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patar, Vincent}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian film directors Category:21st-century Belgian screenwriters Category:Magritte Award winners Category:Belgian male screenwriters Category:Directors of Best Animated Film César Award winners