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

General Montcalm

Danton

Camille Desmoulins

Time of the Wolf

Thomas Brandt

Die Macht des Rings

Self (archive) - stage director

Resistencia Cultural

Self (archive footage)

Nearest to Heaven

Pierre

Lucie Aubrac

Jean Moulin

Patrice Chéreau - France's Theatre Genius

Self (archive footage)