User:Lothar022/Patrice Garcia

Patrice Garcia is a French artist born on August 1st, 1964. He began his career working in special effects workshops, where he worked on make-up, puppets and sets. In 1987, he directed two short films, Saxum in 8 mm and Rythm in 16 mm. He then turned to illustrating for children while working on a children's television series, Le Professeur Galliopèdre, which never saw the light of day.

In 1990, he released his first comic book album, Allande, followed by Fils de la Nuit and Remparts de sang. In 1992, he worked on the design for the film The Fifth Element and for a music video by Mylène Farmer. He then worked on various animation productions for television, such as Cousteau, Dragon Flyz, Le Magicien and Malo Korigan.

In 1996, he left the comic book industry to focus on film and advertising. He participated in feature films such as Peut-être, Belphégor and La femme piège, which was released in early 2004. He also worked on advertisements for brands such as Chanel, L'Oréal, L'Aérospatiale and Renault. He also developed the graphic universe of Arthur and the Invisibles, a feature film project initiated by Céline Garcia, who had already written the script for several of his comic books.

He worked as a concept designer on the 2017 film Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and on video games such as The Fifth Race and Rizom.

Passionate about fantasy, enthusiastic and candid, Patrice Garcia maintains his passion for dream and fantasy.