Patrick Sullivan grew up in Pennsylvania, in a suburb of Philadelphia.  He studied at Temple University, where he earned his Bachelor of Architecture in 1992.

At 26, he put his career in architecture behind him, yielding to his unwavering desire to pursue a future in film. California was a world away, nevertheless, he dropped his pencil, packed his car and headed west.

Now a nearly thirty-year veteran of the film industry, he has earned credit on feature film projects with a wide range of scope and genres, serving as Set Designer through to Supervising Art Director and now Production Designer.  These projects have taken him to over a dozen US states as well as Canada, Europe and Asia.

His creative contributions have led to three Academy Award nominations, including Men in Black when set designed the original MIB Headquarters under the guidance of production designer Bo Welch.  His art direction of the Japanese village helped Memoirs of a Geisha earn an Oscar win for Best Art Direction for John Myhre.  Also as art director, he won an Emmy for HBO’s Behind the Candelabra, alongside production designer Howard Cummings was his sole venture into television. He has four Art Directors Guild nominations and two wins.

Patrick has worked with a number of celebrated and respected directors including, Steven Spielberg, Steven Soderberg, Gore Verbinski and David Fincher. He was a frequent collaborator with Clint Eastwood on projects that include  J. Edgar, Jersey Boys and the Oscar-nominated Changeling.

His varied production design work includes the suspense thriller Gerald’s Game, the James Gunn produced sci-fi horror Brightburn, McG’s comedy horror The Babysitter: Killer Queen and recently released romantic comedy Música and the soon to be released blockbuster Twisters.

He and his family spent almost two years in Hong Kong. His experience there took him to almost a dozen Asian territories and counties as well as Australia.  While in Central Asia, he traveled to Cambodia, where he served as second unit art director on the Angelina Jolie-directed feature, First They Killed My Father.

In his free time, he enjoys photography, sketching and recreational flying, and wathcing his son play baseball. He lives with his wife and son in Denver, Colorado.