Thérèse DePrez, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1965
Date of Death: 19-Dec-2017
Profession: designer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Thérèse DePrez
- Thérèse DePrez (February 17, 1965 – December 19, 2017) was an American production designer. DePrez was born and raised in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Gene and Patricia DePrez.
- She cited her influences as being filmmaker/artist Jean Cocteau, filmmaker Georges Melies and the films Dr.
- Strangelove and Blade Runner.
- While attending the Parsons School of Design in New York City, DePrez worked on several off-Broadway stage productions prior to being hired for her first film assignment in 1991's The Refrigerator. Her work included the films Arlington Road, High Fidelity, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Dark Water, Mr.
- Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Fighting. In 2010, DePrez did the production design of the Darren Aronofsky thriller Black Swan.
- Aronofsky stated he had been attempting to collaborate with DePrez on many of his previous projects, but was unsuccessful until Swan.
- Her work on the film resulted in an Art Directors Guild Award and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design at the 64th British Academy Film Awards.
- Her final film credits included Premium Rush, Stoker, Out of the Furnace and The Drop.
- As well as film, she also worked on the set design for David Bowie's A Reality Tour in 2003. DePrez was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2015.
- A GoFundMe was set up by her friend Derrick Kardos, raising $77,000.
- Initially cancer-free by March 2016, DePrez died of the disease on December 19, 2017 at the age of 52.
- She was included in the annual In Memoriam section of the 90th Academy Awards.
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