Deak Ferrand

Deak Ferrand is a Swiss-born American concept artist, matte painter and art director. A clasically trained painter and sculptor, Ferrand has been active in concept design for films and television for over a quarter century, since the mid-1990s. He founded his own design studio Hatch in 2001, later merged with RodeoFX in 2014. Ferrand currently serves as the head of the art department at RodeoFX Los Angeles.

In 2019, he collaborated closely for over a year with director Denis Villeneuve and production designer Patrice Vermette to create concept art for Dune.

Ferrand's conceptual work on the film focused primarily on the locations, outside environments, architecture and spacecraft seen in the film. He created concepts for Arrakis, Caladan, Giedi Prime, the architecture and spacecraft of the Fremen, House Atreides, House Harkonnen, the Spacing Guild and of the Imperium and House Corrino.

Awards

 * two Emmy nominations
 * four VES nominations and two wins
 * Nica Trophy at the Arts Electronica Awards
 * selections at the Toronto Film Festival
 * selections at the Montreal World Film Festival