FILM DIRECTOR

Patrice Chéreau

1944 - 2013

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Patrice Chéreau (; French: [patʁis ʃeʁo]; 2 November 1944 – 7 October 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. 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. From 1966, he was artistic director of the Public-Theatre in the Parisian suburb of Sartrouville, where in his team were stage designer Richard Peduzzi, costume designer Jacques Schmidt and lighting designer André Diot, with whom he collaborated in many later productions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrice Chéreau is the 247th most popular film director (up from 252nd in 2019), the 1,560th most popular biography from France (up from 1,579th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Patrice Chéreau ranks 247 out of 2,041. Before him are Franklin J. Schaffner, Nicholas Ray, Thea von Harbou, Joe D'Amato, Bertrand Tavernier, and James Foley. After him are Chris Marker, Paolo Sorrentino, Nagisa Oshima, Michael Moore, Lucio Fulci, and Henry Hathaway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Patrice Chéreau ranks 136. Before him are Seán Patrick O'Malley, Chico Buarque, Francis Lee, Robert Powell, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, and Roger Daltrey. After him are Aguila Saleh Issa, Chico Mendes, James Heckman, Norodom Ranariddh, Lucía Topolansky, and Agnes Baltsa. Among people deceased in 2013, Patrice Chéreau ranks 69. Before him are Ronald Dworkin, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Pierre Mauroy, Kenneth Waltz, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, and Wojciech Kilar. After him are Nagisa Oshima, Sławomir Mrożek, Ed Lauter, Rossana Podestà, Roger Ebert, and Henri Dutilleux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Patrice Chéreau ranks 1,560 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Scarron (1610), Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), and Aimé Jacquet (1941). After him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645), Antoine Busnois (1430), Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), Richardis (840), and Alain Juppé (1945).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Patrice Chéreau ranks 32. Before him are Jacques Rivette (1928), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Jacques Demy (1931), Bertrand Blier (1939), Julien Duvivier (1896), and Bertrand Tavernier (1941). After him are Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), Claude Sautet (1924), Philippe de Broca (1933), Frank Darabont (1959), and François Ozon (1967).

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