Patrice Désilets | |
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Patrice Désilets at the E3 2007
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Born |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada |
9 May 1974
Occupation | Video game designer |
Website | www.panachedigitalgames.com |
Patrice Désilets (born 9 May 1974) is a French Canadian game designer best known for creating the Assassin's Creed series. Désilets served as creative director on Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He is also known for being involved with Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Born in 1974 at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Désilets is the son of Jacques Désilets, mathematician and director of CEGEP, and Luce de Bellefeuille, Director General of the Secretariat for International Adoption. In 1996, Désilets earned his bachelor's degree in film studies and literature at University of Montreal, to which time prior, he was enrolled at the Collège Édouard-Montpetit. Coming from a background in film, he has used his creative vision to shape games in which he has taken a creative lead including 2007's Assassin's Creed and its 2009 sequel Assassin's Creed II. Désilets other credits include Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers and Hype: The Time Quest.