--- name: "Patrick M. Sullivan Jr." canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-m-sullivan-jr" fi1m_id: "patrick-m-sullivan-jr" imdb_id: "nm0837943" tmdb_id: 19863 wikidata_id: "Q3369652" roles: ["Art direction"] born: "11 November 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_fi1m_score: 62 average_over: 9 updated: "2026-10-05T05:35:57.300659+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. ## Identity Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-m-sullivan-jr - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** patrick-m-sullivan-jr - **IMDb ID:** nm0837943 - **TMDB ID:** 19863 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3369652 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3369652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837943/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19863 Art direction. Born 11 November 1967 in Pennsylvania. ## Details - **Work:** Art direction - **Born:** 11 November 1967, Pennsylvania - **Active:** 1996–present - **Also known as:** Patrick Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan Jr., Patrick M. Sullivan - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 49 (2), 2000s 72 (4), 2010s 52 (2), 2020s 64 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 58 across 9 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 4, Drama 4, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2 - **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $2,365m across 9 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3369652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837943/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19863 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Twisters*](https://film.one/film/twisters.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. is an American production designer and art director. Born on 11 November 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, he trained in architecture before moving to California to work in film. He began in the art department as a set designer on films including *Men in Black* (1997) and *Twister* (1996). He later served as art director on *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005), *Changeling* (2008) and *Beautiful Boy* (2018), and as supervising art director on *Divergent* (2014) and *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016). As production designer his credits include *Gerald's Game* (2017), *Brightburn* (2019), *Reptile* (2023), *Música* (2024) and *Twisters* (2024). Sullivan won a Primetime Emmy for art direction on the television film *Behind the Candelabra* (2013). He has received multiple Art Directors Guild nominations and wins, and three Academy Award nominations for his work. *Sources: imdb.com, patrickmsullivan.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (9) - *Twisters* (2024), Fi1m 64, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/twisters.md) - *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Fi1m 81, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md) - *The Last Airbender* (2010), Fi1m 24, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md) - *Changeling* (2008), Fi1m 68, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md) - *Wanted* (2008), Fi1m 68, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md) - *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md) - *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Fi1m 84, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md) - *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md) - *Twister* (1996), Fi1m 64, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/twister.md) ## Complete filmography (41) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Twisters* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twisters.md) - *Música* (2024), Production Design - *Reptile* (2023), Production Design - *Tall Girl 2* (2022), Production Design - *Love Hard* (2021), Production Design - *The Babysitter: Killer Queen* (2020), Production Design - *Refugee* (2020), Production Design - *Adams* (2019), Production Design - *The Tomorrow Man* (2019), Production Design - *Brightburn* (2019), Production Design - *Beautiful Boy* (2018), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md) - *Gerald's Game* (2017), Production Design - *Keep Watching* (2017), Production Design - *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016), Supervising Art Director - *Goosebumps* (2015), as Art Direction - *Area 51* (2015), Production Design - *Jersey Boys* (2014), as Art Direction - *Divergent* (2014), Supervising Art Director - *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md) - *Trouble with the Curve* (2012), Supervising Art Director - *J. Edgar* (2011), as Art Direction - *Priest* (2011), Set Designer - *Hereafter* (2010), Supervising Art Director - *The Last Airbender* (2010), as Art Direction — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md) - *Changeling* (2008), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md) - *An American Carol* (2008), Production Design - *Wanted* (2008), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md) - *The Kingdom* (2007), Supervising Art Director - *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005), as Art Direction - *The Weather Man* (2005), as Art Direction — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md) - *Collateral* (2004), Set Designer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md) - *The Rundown* (2003), as Art Direction - *The Ring* (2002), as Art Direction — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md) - *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md) - *Girl, Interrupted* (1999), Set Designer - *Wild Wild West* (1999), Set Designer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md) - *Enemy of the State* (1998), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/enemy-of-the-state.md) - *Men in Black* (1997), Set Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md) - *Escape from L.A.* (1996), Set Designer - *Twister* (1996), Set Designer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twister.md) - *Dillinger and Capone* (1995), Set Designer --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/patrick-m-sullivan-jr