Pierre Patry
| Pierre Patry | |
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Pierre Patry in his home at Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Quebec. Winter 2012 | |
| Born |
November 2, 1933 Hull, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 7, 2014 (aged 80) |
| Occupation |
Film director Film producer Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1958 - 1968 |
Pierre Patry (2 November 1933 – 7 June 2014) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1]
Biography
Born in Hull, Quebec, Patry began his career in the theatre as an actor and a playwright. He was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Amateur Theatre. He joined the NFB in 1957 as a writer on the Panoramique series. Patry was a major force in the beginning of the Quebec feature-film industry in the sixties. He directed three features, most notably Trouble fête (1964). He left the NFB in 1963 to co-found the film cooperative Coopératio. Unfortunately, the company shut down after five years because of systemic problems in the financing and distribution of feature films. Despite only working for a decade in the film industry he has left behind an outstanding body of work.
In 1981 he was a major player in the development of the French language educational television station Canal Savoir.
Patri died on 7 June 2014.[2]
Filmography
As Director
Fiction
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (Short film, 1962)
- Françoise (Short film, 1964) (Re-Released as part of the 1964 anthology film Trois Femmes)
- Il y eut un soir... il y eut un matin (Short film, 1964)
- Une femme pour les autres (1964)
- Trouble fête (1964)
- Caïn (1965)
- La corde au cou (1965)
Documentaries
- Eye Witness No. 99 (Documentary series Co-Directed with Hector Lemieux and Jacques Bobet, 1958) (Segment La roulotte)
- Germaine Guèvremont romancière (Short film, 1959)
- Les petites soeurs (Short film, 1959)
- Le chanoine Lionel Groulx, historien (Short film, 1960)
- Collèges contemporain (Short film, 1961)
- Croisements et profits (Short film Co-Directed with Clément Perron, 1961)
- Loisirs (Short film Co-Directed with Clément Perron, 1962)
- Petit discours de la méthode (Short film Co-Directed with Claude Jutra, 1963)
- 3 hommes au mille carré 1966 (Short film Co-Directed with Jacques Kasma, 1966)
- Shapp for Governor (Short film Co-Directed with Morten Parker, 1966)
- Infirmière de nuit (Short film, 1966)
As Writer
- Les petites soeurs (1959)
- Germaine Guèvremont, romancière (1959)
- Collège contemporain (1960)
- Le grand duc (1959–1963)
- Le chanoine Lionel Groulx, historien (1960)
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1962)
- Ti-Jean caribou (1963–1966)
- Trouble fête (1964)
- La corde au cou (1965)
As Producer
- Il y eut un soir... il y eut un matin (1964)
- Trouble fête (1964)
- La corde au cou (1964)
- Caïn (1965)
- Délivrez-nous du mal (1966)
- Poussière sur la ville (1968)
- Entre la mer et l'eau douce (1968)
- A Great Big Thing (1968)
- Les Colombes (1972)
References
- ↑ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Pierre Patry".
- ↑ Par : Charles-Henri Ramond (2014-04-03). "Le cinéaste et producteur Pierre Patry est décédé". Filmsquebec.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.