Born in 1944, Patrice Chéreau has enjoyed remarkable success all over Europe as a director of film (including, 'La Reine Margot', in 1994), theatre and Opera (including the famed Bayreuth production of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' in 1976-80). He has recently completed his first film in English, 'Intimacy', written by Hanif Kureishi. Filmography:
1975 LA CHAIR DE L’ORCHIDÉE
(Based on the novel by James Hadley Chase)
1978 JUDITH THERPAUVE
1983 L’HOMME BLESSÉ
1987 HOTEL DE FRANCE
1993 LE TEMPS ET LA CHAMBRE
1994 LA REINE MARGOT
1998 CEUX QUI M’AIMENT PRENDRONT LE TRAIN
2001 INTIMACY
2003 SON FRÈRE
Theatre:
1964 Directs his first theatre play
1966 Becomes director of the Théâtre de Sartrouville
1982 - 90 Co-director of the Théâtre des Amandiers (Nanterre)
1983 COMBAT DE NEGRE ET DE CHIENS|by Bernard-Marie Koltès
LES PARAVENTS by Jean Genet
1985 LA FAUSSE SUIVANTE by Marivaux
QUARTETT by Heiner Müller
1986 QUAI OUEST by Bernard-Marie Koltès
1987-90 DANS LA SOLITUDE DES CHAMPS DE COTON by Bernard-Marie Koltès
PLATONOV by Anton Chekov
1988 - 89 HAMLET by William Shakespeare
LE RETOUR AU DESERT by Bernard-Marie Koltès
1991 - 2 LE TEMPS ET LA CHAMBRE by Botho Strauss
1995 - 96 DANS A SOLITUDE DE CHAMPS DU COTON by Bernard-Marie Koltès
Opera:
1976 - 80 THE RING OF THE NIEBELUNGS by Richard Wagner (Bayreuth)
1979 LULU By Alban Berg (Complete version)
1984 - 5 LUCIO SILLA by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1992 - 8 WOZZECK by Alban Berg
1994 - 6 DON GIOVANNI by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE HOUSE (dir Sharunas Bartas)