Patrice Chéreau

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Patrice Chéreau

Directing November 2, 1944

Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France

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 theatr…

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The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

7.4 1992 Movie
Intimacy

Intimacy

6.2 2001 Movie
Queen Margot

Queen Margot

7.2 1994 Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6.0 1975 TV Show
Time of the Wolf

Time of the Wolf

6.1 2003 Movie
Ciné regards

Ciné regards

5.0 1978 TV Show
Danton

Danton

6.9 1983 Movie
Square

Square

2012 TV Show
Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac

6.4 1997 Movie
The Wounded Man

The Wounded Man

5.7 1983 Movie
Flesh of the Orchid

Flesh of the Orchid

5.4 1975 Movie
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

6.2 1998 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Die Macht des Rings

    Movie Self (archive) - stage director

  2. 2023
    Patrice Chéreau - France's Theatre Genius

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2022
    Des Amandiers aux Amandiers

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2021
    Resistencia Cultural

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2021
    René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu

    Movie Lui-même

  6. 2016
    Strauss: Elektra

    Movie Thanks

  7. 2013
    Elektra

    Movie Stage Director

  8. 2013
    Il était une fois… « La Reine Margot »

    Movie Self

  9. 2012
    Square

    TV show Self

  10. 2010
    Patrice Chéreau, the body at work

    Movie Self

  11. 2010
    Rêve d'automne

    Movie Stage Director

  12. 2009
    Persecution

    Movie Director

  13. 2007
    Tristan und Isolde

    Movie Director

  14. 2007
    From the House of the Dead

    Movie Stage Director

  15. 2005
    Gabrielle

    Movie Director

  16. 2005
    Così fan tutte

    Movie Stage Director

More credits
  1. 2003
    Phèdre

    Movie Stage Director

  2. 2003
    Time of the Wolf

    Movie Thomas Brandt

  3. 2003
    His Brother

    Movie Director

  4. 2003
    Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

    Movie Thanks

  5. 2002
    Nearest to Heaven

    Movie Pierre

  6. 2001
    Intimacy

    Movie Director

  7. 2000
    Teaspoon

    Movie Director

  8. 1999
    Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  9. 1999
    Un atelier de Patrice Chéreau à la Manufacture des Œillets

    Movie Himself

  10. 1998
    Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

    Movie Director

  11. 1997
    ADN

    Movie Director

  12. 1997
    Lucie Aubrac

    Movie Jean Moulin

  13. 1996
    Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude

    Movie Self

  14. 1994
    Queen Margot

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1994
    NeXt

    TV show Self

  16. 1994
    Bête de scène

    Movie

  17. 1994
    Wozzeck

    Movie Director

  18. 1992
    The Last of the Mohicans

    Movie General Montcalm

  19. 1991
    dans la solitude des champs de coton

    Movie le dealer

  20. 1991
    Lest We Forget

    Movie Director

  21. 1987
    Hôtel de France

    Movie Director

  22. 1987
    Il était une fois dix-neuf acteurs

    TV show Self

  23. 1986
    Francois Simon the Presence

    Movie Self

  24. 1986
    Alban Berg - Lulu

    Movie Stage Director