Patrice Chéreau

Biography

Patrice Chéreau was a renowned French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer. He is best known for his work in France, internationally for films like La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for staging the Jahrhundertring Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976. A winner of nearly twenty movie awards, Chéreau served as president of the jury at the 2003 Cannes festival and collaborated with notable artists at Public-Theatre and Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers.