Patrice Chéreau
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 2 November 1944 · Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Died
- 7 October 2013
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
Directing 29
- 2026Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann · stage director
- 2016Strauss: Elektra · stage director
- 2013Elektra · stage director
- 2010Rêve d'automne · stage director
- 2009Persecution · director
- 2007Tristan und Isolde · stage director
- 2007From the House of the Dead · stage director
- 2005Gabrielle · director
- 2005Così fan tutte · stage director
- 2003Phèdre · stage director
- 2003His Brother · director
- 2001Intimacy · director
- 2000Teaspoon · director
- 1998Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train · director
- 1997ADN · director
- 1994Queen Margot · director
- 1994Wozzeck · director
- 1991dans la solitude des champs de coton · director
- 1991Lest We Forget · director
- 1987Hôtel de France · director
- 1986Alban Berg - Lulu · stage director
- 1983The Wounded Man · director
- 1981Peer Gynt · director
- 1980Wagner: Das Rheingold · director
- 1980Wagner: Siegfried · director
- 1980Wagner: Die Walküre · stage director
- 1980Wagner: Götterdämmerung · director
- 1978Judith Therpauve · director
- 1975Flesh of the Orchid · director
Acting 20
- 2026Die Macht des Rings as Self (archive) - stage director
- 2023Patrice Chéreau - France's Theatre Genius as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Des Amandiers aux Amandiers as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Resistencia Cultural as Self (archive footage)
- 2021René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu as Lui-même
- 2013Il était une fois… « La Reine Margot » as Self
- 2010Patrice Chéreau, the body at work as Self
- 2003Time of the Wolf as Thomas Brandt
- 2002Nearest to Heaven as Pierre
- 1999Un atelier de Patrice Chéreau à la Manufacture des Œillets as Himself
- 1997Lucie Aubrac as Jean Moulin
- 1996Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude as Self
- 1994Bête de scène
- 1992The Last of the Mohicans as General Montcalm
- 1991dans la solitude des champs de coton as le dealer
- 1986Francois Simon the Presence as Self
- 1985Adieu Bonaparte as Napoléon Bonaparte - بونابرت
- 1983Danton as Camille Desmoulins
- 1983Wagner: The Making of The Ring as Self
- 1967Trotsky as Self
crew 2
- 2016Strauss: Elektra · thanks
- 2003Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes · thanks
Writing 10
- 2009Persecution · screenplay
- 2005Gabrielle · screenplay
- 2003His Brother · screenplay
- 2001Intimacy · screenplay
- 1998Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train · screenplay
- 1994Queen Margot · adaptation
- 1987Hôtel de France · screenplay
- 1983The Wounded Man · screenplay
- 1978Judith Therpauve · screenplay
- 1975Flesh of the Orchid · screenplay
Production 2
- 2005Gabrielle · producer
- 1996Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude · producer