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Patrice Chéreau

French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 68

Patrice Chéreau was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for his staging of the Jahrhundertring, the centenary Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976.

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2013Died7 October 20132012SquareSeries2009PersecutionFilm, Director, Writer2008Europe Theatre PrizeAward2005GabrielleFilm, Director, Writer2003Molière du théâtre publicAwardSilver Bear for Best DirectorAward2002Nearest to HeavenFilm, Pierre2001Golden BearAwardLouis Delluc PrizeAward2000TeaspoonFilm, Director1999César Award for Best DirectorAwardGolden stars of French cinemaAwardFaith of the Century: A History of CommunismSeries, 1999Narrator (voice)1997Lucie AubracFilm, Jean Moulin1994Jury PrizeAwardOfficer of the National Order of MeritAwardNeXtSeriesBête de scèneFilm1993Friedrich Gundolf PrizeAwardGoethe MedalAward1992Molière du théâtre publicAward1991dans la solitude des champs de cotonFilm, Director1989Molière Award for Best DirectorAward1987Il était une fois dix-neuf acteursSeries1986Francois Simon the PresenceFilm1984César Award for Best Original ScreenplayAward1981Peer GyntFilm, Director1978Ciné regardsSeriesJudith TherpauveFilm, 1978Director, Writer1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1967TrotskyFilm1944Born2 November 1944

People around Patrice

  • The Last of the Mohicans 1992
  • Queen Margot 1994
  • Danton 1983
  • Lucie Aubrac 1997
  • Intimacy 2001

Filmography 40

77 credits on file

Television 6

Awards

Europe Theatre Prize2008
Silver Bear for Best Director2003
Molière du théâtre public2003
Golden Bear2001
Louis Delluc Prize2001
Golden stars of French cinema1999
César Award for Best Director1999
Molière Award for Best Director1996
Jury Prize1994
Officer of the National Order of Merit1994
Friedrich Gundolf Prize1993
Goethe Medal1993
Molière du théâtre public1992
Molière Award for Best Director1989
César Award for Best Original Screenplay1984
Prémio Autores

About this person

Winner of almost twenty movie awards, including the Cannes Jury Prize and the Golden Berlin Bear, Chéreau served as president of the jury at the 2003 Cannes festival.

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2013 · aged 68