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Thérèse DePrez

Known For
Art

Known Credits
2

Gender
Female

Birthday
February 17, 1965 (61 years old)

Place of Birth
Rochester, NY, USA

Thérèse DePrez

Biography

Thérèse DePrez (February 17, 1965 – December 19, 2017) was an American production designer.

DePrez was born and raised in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Gene and Patricia DePrez. She cited her influences as being filmmaker/artist Jean Cocteau, filmmaker Georges Melies and the films Dr. Strangelove and Blade Runner. While attending the Parsons School of Design in New York City, DePrez worked on several off-Broadway stage productions prior to being hired for her first film assignment in 1991's The Refrigerator.

Her work included the films Arlington Road, High Fidelity, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Dark Water, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and Fighting.

In 2010, DePrez did the production design of the Darren Aronofsky thriller Black Swan. Aronofsky stated he had been attempting to collaborate with DePrez on many of his previous projects, but was unsuccessful until Swan. Her work on the film resulted in an Art Directors Guild Award and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design at the 64th British Academy Film Awards. Her final film credits included Premium Rush, Stoker, Out of the Furnace and The Drop. As well as film, she also worked on the set design for David Bowie's A Reality Tour in 2003.

DePrez was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2015. A GoFundMe was set up by her friend Derrick Kardos. Initially cancer-free by March 2016, DePrez died of the disease on December 19, 2017, at the age of 52. She was included in the annual In Memoriam section of the 90th Academy Awards and received "Special Thanks To Thérèse DePrez (1965-2017)" in the closing credits of the 2019 film The Lodge.

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Known For

Art

2014The Drop...Production Design
2013Out of the Furnace...Production Design
2013Stoker...Production Design
2012Premium Rush...Production Design
2010Black Swan...Production Design
2010Jack Goes Boating...Production Design
2010Howl...Production Design
2010Brooklyn's Finest...Production Design
2009Fighting...Production Design
2008Phoebe in Wonderland...Production Design
2007Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium...Production Design
2006The Return...Production Design
2005Dark Water...Production Design
2004The Door in the Floor...Production Design
2003Marci X...Production Design
2003American Splendor...Production Design
2003How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days...Production Design
2001Hedwig and the Angry Inch...Production Design
2000High Fidelity...Production Design
1999Summer of Sam...Production Design
1999Arlington Road...Production Design
1998Happiness...Production Design
1998No Looking Back...Production Design
1997Going All the Way...Production Design
1997Grind...Production Design
1996Box of Moonlight...Production Design
1996I Shot Andy Warhol...Production Design
1995Stonewall...Production Design
1995The Doom Generation...Production Design
1995Living in Oblivion...Production Design
1995Postcards from America...Production Design
1993Dottie Gets Spanked...Production Design
1993The Outfit...Production Design
1993Geoffrey Beene 30...Production Design
1992Simple Men...Art Direction
1992Swoon...Production Design
1991The Refrigerator...Production Design

Production

1995The Little Patriot...Production Designer

Acting

2005Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'as Self
2001Hedwig and the Angry Inchas Laundromat Customer (uncredited)