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Patrice Chéreau

About the person
Career:

Directing

Date of birth:
1944-11-02
Place of birth:

Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

1

Date of death

2013-10-07

68
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.