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

Gallery[]

Castle Caladan[]

Castle Caladan, the ancestral seat of House Atreides on Caladan.

Arrakeen[]

The city of Arrakeen and the surrounding area, including the Shield Wall.

Dr. Kynes' house[]

Dr. Kynes' house.

Botanical testing station[]

Concept art for one of the old botanical research stations seen in the 2021 film adaptation.

Aircraft[]

The Atreides fighter aircraft are seen on Caladan (with Duncan Idaho arriving in one at the castle's hangars). The Atreides ornithopters are the most commonly seen in the film. Dr. Kynes lends a lighter two-seater ornithopter to Paul and Jessica for their escape. The Harkonnen heavy ornithopters are seen in a flight of three, pursuing the two-seater ornithopter into a desert storm, before changing course.

Spacing Guild spacecraft[]

Imperial delegation spaceship[]

House Atreides spacecraft[]

The vessels used by House Atreides.

House Harkonnen spacecraft[]

The various military vessels used by House Harkonnen. The smallest ones can also function as military aircraft.

References[]

↑ The smaller dining room set based on these concepts is visible in one of the first scenes at Castle Caladan, during Paul's and Jessica's breakfast conversation.
↑ The staff dining room set based on these concepts is not really seen (or at least not much) in the theatrical cut of the 2021 Dune film. However, it made an appearance in one of the deleted scenes of the film, where Duncan Idaho and Atreides security staff are drinking and partying before leaving for Arrakis, with a concerned Gurney playing on a baliset nearby.
↑ The castle's aircraft hangar set, based on these concepts, is seen in the scene with Duncan's and Paul's conversation before Duncan leaves with the advance team to Arrakis.
↑ The cemetery set based on this concept was filmed at an outdoors filming space at the Origo Studios in Budapest, with the coastal cliffs and view of the sea inserted later via CGI. Most of the other scenes set on the Caladan coast and seashore were filmed on location in Norway.

External links[]

Deak Ferrand at RodeoFX.com
Deak Ferrand at ArtStation.com
Interview with Deak Ferrand (TheArtNewspaper.com, 12 November 2021)
Deak Ferrand on the Internet Movie Database

[1] The smaller dining room set based on these concepts is visible in one of the first scenes at Castle Caladan, during Paul's and Jessica's breakfast conversation.

[2] The staff dining room set based on these concepts is not really seen (or at least not much) in the theatrical cut of the 2021 Dune film. However, it made an appearance in one of the deleted scenes of the film, where Duncan Idaho and Atreides security staff are drinking and partying before leaving for Arrakis, with a concerned Gurney playing on a baliset nearby.

[3] The castle's aircraft hangar set, based on these concepts, is seen in the scene with Duncan's and Paul's conversation before Duncan leaves with the advance team to Arrakis.

[4] The cemetery set based on this concept was filmed at an outdoors filming space at the Origo Studios in Budapest, with the coastal cliffs and view of the sea inserted later via CGI. Most of the other scenes set on the Caladan coast and seashore were filmed on location in Norway.

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