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Patrice Chéreau

Patrice Chéreau

Director · 1944–2013 · Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France

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Biography

Patrice Chéreau (November 2, 1944 – October 7, 2013) 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.

Directed 26

2010s

  1. 2016

    Strauss: Elektra

    Stage Director, Director

  2. 2013

    Elektra

    Stage Director

  3. 2010

    Rêve d'automne

    Stage Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Persecution

    Director

  2. 2007

    Tristan und Isolde

    Director, Stage Director

  3. From the House of the Dead

    Stage Director

  4. 2005

    Gabrielle

    Director

  5. Così fan tutte

    Stage Director

  6. 2003

    Phèdre

    Stage Director

  7. His Brother

    Director

  8. 2001

1990s

  1. 1998

    Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

    Director

  2. 1994
  3. Wozzeck

    Director

  4. 1991

    Lest We Forget

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    Hôtel de France

    Director

  2. 1986

    Alban Berg - Lulu

    Stage Director

  3. 1983

    The Wounded Man

    Director

  4. 1981

    Peer Gynt

    Stage Director, Director

  5. 1980

    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    Stage Director, Director

  6. Wagner: Die Walküre

    Stage Director, Director

  7. Wagner: Götterdämmerung

    Stage Director, Director

  8. Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele

    Stage Director, Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Judith Therpauve

    Director

  2. 1975

No release date

  1. Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann

    Stage Director

Wrote 10

2000s

  1. 2009

    Persecution

    Screenplay

  2. 2005

    Gabrielle

    Screenplay

  3. 2003

    His Brother

    Screenplay

  4. 2001

1990s

  1. 1998

    Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

    Screenplay

  2. 1994

1980s

  1. 1987

    Hôtel de France

    Screenplay

  2. 1983

    The Wounded Man

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1978

    Judith Therpauve

    Screenplay

  2. 1975

Acted in 6

2000s

  1. 2003
  2. 2002

    Nearest to Heaven

    Pierre

1990s

  1. 1997

    Lucie Aubrac

    Jean Moulin

  2. 1992

1980s

  1. 1985

    Adieu Bonaparte

    Napoléon Bonaparte - بونابرت

  2. 1983

Produced 2

2000s

  1. 2005

    Gabrielle

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1996

    Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude

    Producer

Appearances15

2020s

  1. 2026

    Die Macht des Rings

    Self (archive) - stage director

  2. 2023

    Patrice Chéreau - France's Theatre Genius

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2022

    Des Amandiers aux Amandiers

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2021

2010s

  1. 2013

    Il était une fois… « La Reine Margot »

    Self

  2. 2012
  3. 2010

    Patrice Chéreau, the body at work

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

    Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes

  2. 1996

    Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude

    Self

1980s

  1. 1987

    Il était une fois dix-neuf acteurs

    Self · 3 episodes

  2. 1986

    Francois Simon the Presence

    Self

  3. 1983

    Wagner: The Making of The Ring

    Self

1960s

  1. 1967

    Trotsky

    Self

Thanked in the credits2

2010s

  1. 2016

    Strauss: Elektra

    Thanks

2000s

  1. 2003

    Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

    Thanks