Patrice Sauvé

Patrice Sauvé is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec, most noted as director of the fantasy thriller television series Grande Ourse and its film adaptation The Master Key (Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles).

He worked in television, winning a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series at the 20th Gemini Awards in 2005 for an episode of Ciao Bella, before releasing his debut feature film Cheech in 2006. The Master Key followed in 2009; he then returned to television, winning a Gémeaux Award for Best Direction in a Drama Series in 2012 for Vertige, and did not release another feature film until Ça sent la coupe in 2017.

His fourth feature film, Blue Sky Jo (La petite et le vieux), premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in 2024.

Filmography Films Cheech - 2006 The Master Key (Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles) - 2009 This Is Our Cup (Ça sent la coupe) - 2017 Blue Sky Jo (La petite et le vieux) - 2024

Television Génération W - 1997 Arnaques - 1998 La Vie, la vie - 2001 Grande Ourse - 2003 Ciao Bella - 2004 L'Héritière de Grande Ourse - 2005 The Parent Family (Les Parent) - 2010 Vertige - 2012 Karl & Max - 2016 Victor Lessard - 2017 Le Monstre - 2019 La Faille - 2019–21 Larry - 2022