Owen Paterson
Actor
Owen Paterson is an Australian production designer who was chiefly responsible for the design and look of The Matrix series of movies. He grew up in Western Australia and now resides in Sydney. Following The Matrix, his collaboration with Lana and Lilly Wachowski continued with the films V for Vendetta and Speed Racer.
Prior to working on The Matrix, Paterson had worked on Australian films such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with director Stephan Elliott (for which he won an AFI Award) and returned to work with Elliott on Welcome to Woop Woop.
Paterson worked on the 2014 version of Godzilla with director Gareth Edwards. He returned to the franchise on Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021.
In 2015, Paterson was the production designer for Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War and worked for eleven months on the film in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Berlin. After that film's premiere, he called for the Australian government to institute a formal system of film production incentives to attract more big-budget international productions to film in Australia.
Paterson was interviewed in 2008 about his work on creating digital worlds for The Matrix and Speed Racer as part of a short film project that was part of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image's long-running Virtual Worlds exhibition. In 2014, he was one of five film designers interviewed for the documentary series Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction, which aired on BBC Two.
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Prior to working on The Matrix, Paterson had worked on Australian films such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with director Stephan Elliott (for which he won an AFI Award) and returned to work with Elliott on Welcome to Woop Woop.
Paterson worked on the 2014 version of Godzilla with director Gareth Edwards. He returned to the franchise on Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021.
In 2015, Paterson was the production designer for Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War and worked for eleven months on the film in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Berlin. After that film's premiere, he called for the Australian government to institute a formal system of film production incentives to attract more big-budget international productions to film in Australia.
Paterson was interviewed in 2008 about his work on creating digital worlds for The Matrix and Speed Racer as part of a short film project that was part of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image's long-running Virtual Worlds exhibition. In 2014, he was one of five film designers interviewed for the documentary series Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction, which aired on BBC Two.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Paterson (production designer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| 2014 | The Real History of Science Fiction · as Himself |
| 2006 | 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked · as Self |
| 2004 | The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase · as Self |
| 2004 | The Matrix Recalibrated · as Self |
| 2001 | The Matrix Revisited · as Self - Production Designer |
| 1999 | Making 'The Matrix' · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 2025 | Play Dirty · as Production Design |
| 2022 | Ticket to Paradise · as Production Design |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong · as Production Design |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · as Production Designer |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · as Production Designer |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War · as Production Design |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt · as Production Design |
| 2014 | Godzilla · as Production Design |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet · as Production Design |
| 2008 | Speed Racer · as Production Design |
| 2005 | V for Vendetta · as Production Design |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions · as Production Design |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded · as Production Design |
| 2003 | The Animatrix · as Production Design |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris · as Production Designer |
| 2000 | Red Planet · as Production Design |
| 2000 | Noriega: God's Favorite · as Production Design |
| 1999 | The Matrix · as Production Design |
| 1997 | Welcome to Woop Woop · as Production Design |
| 1996 | The Beast (1996) · as Production Design |
| 1996 | Race the Sun · as Production Design |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High · as Production Designer |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert · as Production Design |
| 1989 | Wrangler · as Production Design |
| 1988 | The Riddle of the Stinson · as Production Designer |
| 1987 | The Place at the Coast · as Production Design |
| 1987 | Travelling North · as Production Designer |
| 1986 | Sky Pirates · as Art Director |
| 1985 | Bliss · as Art Director |
| 1984 | The Gold and the Glory · as Art Direction |
| 1984 | Stanley: Every Home Should Have One · as Art Direction |
| 1983 | The Return of Captain Invincible · as Art Director |
| 1981 | Bellamy · as Art Director |