Patrick Lussier is a Canadian-American filmmaker and editor.
Career
Lussier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]
He was nominated at the Annual Gemini Awards for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series for Adrift in 1994[2] and Heads in 1995.[3] In 1996, he edited the Doctor Who television film.
Lussier directed the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine for Lionsgate Films, written by Zane Smith and Todd Farmer.[4] On September 19, 2009, Lussier signed on to write and direct Halloween III,[5] the second sequel to Rob Zombie's 2007 reboot of the Halloween franchise, originally scheduled for 2011 but later delayed before ultimately being cancelled.[6] In 2010, Lussier directed the supernatural road action filmDrive Angry,[7] released on February 25, 2011.[8] He co-wrote the screenplay with his previous collaborator Todd Farmer, of My Bloody Valentine 3D.[9] Lussier and screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis are founding members and creative consultants for Skydance Media. The duo wrote and co-produced the fifth film in the long-running Terminator series, Terminator Genisys, released in 2015,[10] 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". In 2018, Lussier directed and co-produced the Hulu/Blumhouse anthology film "Flesh & Blood" for their new Into the Dark series.[11] In 2019, he directed an episode of the US series The Purge for season 2.
