Patrice Chéreau

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.

Known For

The Last of the Mohicans

as General Montcalm

Time of the Wolf

as Thomas Brandt

Danton

as Camille Desmoulins

Lucie Aubrac

as Jean Moulin

Nearest to Heaven

as Pierre

Adieu Bonaparte

as Napoléon Bonaparte

Des Amandiers aux Amandiers

as Self (archive footage)

Trotsky

as Self

Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude

as Self

Bête de scène