Gérard Patris
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Gérard Patris was a French film director
and television director
who died in a car accident in 1990 in Chailles
. His works include the documentary film Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life.
) and Marie-Claire Schaeffer, his first wife, who was the daughter of the composer Pierre Schaeffer
, often presented as the father of music concrete. This meeting allowed him to participate, under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer, the research service of the ORTF to create relationships on Sound / Text / Image. Gérard Patris was the founder of "The Movies Chesnaie, unit production television whose workshops were based in the cars of the clinical Chailles. His various encounters with artists from the worlds of music, painting, sculpture made up the core of his work filmography.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
who died in a car accident in 1990 in Chailles
Chailles
Chailles is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département in central France....
. His works include the documentary film Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life.
Biography
After high school in Poitiers, Gérard Patris joined an art school in Paris. Early into his career, Patris founded a workshop in Paris in lithography. The job allowed him to meet many of the major artists of the post-war period for the attainment of prints as Dubuffet, Sprockets, Manessier, Sonderborg, Arman, Hayter, Hartung or Matta. Gérard Patris had two daughters, one being picasso's model Sylvette David (now known as Lydia Corbett, see SylvetteSylvette
Sylvette is the title of the portrait of a young woman with the ponytail painted by Pablo Picasso. The model for the painting was Sylvette David, also known by her married name Lydia Corbett, a French woman who worked in a pottery studio not far from his studio in Vallauris, in the spring 1953...
) and Marie-Claire Schaeffer, his first wife, who was the daughter of the composer Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician of the 20th century. His innovative work in both the sciences —particularly communications and acoustics— and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end...
, often presented as the father of music concrete. This meeting allowed him to participate, under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer, the research service of the ORTF to create relationships on Sound / Text / Image. Gérard Patris was the founder of "The Movies Chesnaie, unit production television whose workshops were based in the cars of the clinical Chailles. His various encounters with artists from the worlds of music, painting, sculpture made up the core of his work filmography.
Filmography
- 1962 : Caustiques (8 min);
- 1966: Spontané III de Luc FerrariLuc FerrariLuc Ferrari was of an Italian heritage but French born composer, particularly noted for his tape music.-Biography:...
. Improvisation pour huit exécutants. La séance de travail au cours de laquelle « Spontané III » a été exécutée, a été filmée (court-métrage en 16 mm) par G. Patris ; - 1962: Spontané IV de Luc Ferrari. Improvisation pour onze exécutants. L'exécution de « Spontané IV » a été filmée par G. Patris et a donné lieu à un court-métrage couleur 35 mm (juin 1962) ;
- 1963: Auto portrait (sur Dubuffet) 29 min ; Service de la Recherche de l'O.R.T.F. / Pléiade ;
- 1965-1966: Réalisation, avec Luc Ferrari d’une série d'émissions (5 16 mm double bande de 45 et 55 min) sur la musique contemporaine pour la télévision française : Les Grandes Répétitions (Olivier MessiaenOlivier MessiaenOlivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
, Edgard VarèseEdgard VarèseEdgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse, , whose name was also spelled Edgar Varèse , was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States....
, Karlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
, Hermann ScherchenHermann ScherchenHermann Scherchen was a German conductor.-Life:Scherchen was originally a violist and played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens...
, Cecil TaylorCecil TaylorCecil Percival Taylor is an American pianist and poet. Classically trained, Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and...
). Outre l’importance des auteurs de cette série, c’est la première fois, ou l’une des premières fois que l’ORTF diffusait de la musique contemporaine ; - 1965 : La chute d'Icare (11 min) Service de la Recherche de l'O.R.T.F.;
- 1965: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum sur Olivier MessiaenOlivier MessiaenOlivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
, à l'occasion de la création de l'œuvre dans la cathédrale de ChartresChartresChartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is located southwest of Paris.-Geography:Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country...
, en présence du Général de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
; - 1966: Hommage à VarèseEdgard VarèseEdgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse, , whose name was also spelled Edgar Varèse , was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States....
, portrait-souvenir dans lequel plusieurs autres compositeurs contemporains apportent leurs précieux témoignages ; - 1966: Momente avec Karlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
. Dans cet opus, le compositeur répète avec l'orchestre, pour la création dune de ses œuvres ; - 1966: Quand un homme consacre sa vie à la musique, portrait de Hermann Scherchen, altiste et chef d’orchestre, pionnier et franc-tireur musical ;
- 1965: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum sur Olivier Messiaen
- 1966: De l'autre côté du chemin de fer (sur Cecil TaylorCecil TaylorCecil Percival Taylor is an American pianist and poet. Classically trained, Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and...
ou la découverte du free jazz. Film en couleur, 35 mm. INA, Paris ; - 1966: Les enfants grecs (16 min) Pour le plaisir / Nedjar ;
- 1966: Parade (20 min) sur S. Dali Pour le plaisir ;
- 1966: Rien ne va plus (20 min) Pour le plaisir ;
- 1966: Ecole de Nice (20 min) sur Arman Ben Raysse Pour le plaisir ;
- 1966: A propos d'un crime (20 min) sur A. Camus Recherche / Alger Production ;
- 1969: Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life (L’amour de la vie – Arthur Rubistein) (co-réalisé par François Reichenbach - 90 min). Trois mois de la vie quotidienne de l’éminent pianiste qui, à 83 ans raconte certains épisodes de sa vie et ses engagements dans divers lieux marquants de son parcours familial, professionnel et personnel. Ce documentaire obtint en 1970 l’Academy Award for best documentary. Caméra sur l'épaule, François ReichenbachFrançois ReichenbachFrançois Reichenbach was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 and 1993.-Selected filmography:* America As Seen by a Frenchman...
avait suivi Arthur RubinsteinArthur RubinsteinArthur Rubinstein KBE was a Polish-American pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music of a variety of composers...
de longs mois. Le vénérable pianiste avait « adopté » le cinéaste, le critique Bernard Gavoty et le réalisateur Gérard Patris. Ils avaient pu le filmer juste avant qu'il n'entre en scène ou lors d'une répétition tendue France Opéra films / MIDEM ; - 1967: Naissance d'un opéra (52 min) sur H. Von Karajan ;
- 1970: Carmen (150 min) dirigée par Herbert von KarajanHerbert von KarajanHerbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years...
ou G. Patris assure la direction du montage. Directeur de la photographie et co-réalisateur : F. Reichenbach France Opéra / Cosmotel Munich ; - 1970: 9e symphonie dans lequel il assure le scénario et le découpage Cosmotel Munich
- 1971: Medicine ball caravan. Producteur associé Martin ScorseseMartin ScorseseMartin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
(non crédité) et F. Reichenbach. Un documentaire sur le parcours de musiciens célèbres qui répandent le "flower power" à travers les Etats-Unis d’Amérique lors de prestations scéniques ; - 1971: Un homme de Russie (90 min) sur Mstislav Rostropovitch MIDEM
- 1972: My name is Stern (90 min) Sur Isaac Stern MIDEM ;
- 1973: Trans und so weiter (60 min) sur Karlheinz Stockhausen Wellnitz / ZDF / RTB
- 1973: Proximities et Calligraph for martyrs (2 x 30 min) sur les ballets Murray Louis ;
- 1973: Histoires naturelles (60 min) sur Max Ernst UNESCO / INA ;
- 1974: La famille de mon frère (80 min) Reportage dramatisé INA ;
- 1975: Denier théâtre, Camélias-souvenirs Co-auteur Dupavillon INA ;
- 1975: Adieu ma petite Léonie (60 min) Reportage Série Inventaire INA ;
- 1976: Le château et la chaumière (80 min) sur Jean Guitton TF1 / INA ;
- 1976: Anthologie poétique (30 min) sur Jude Stephan INA ;
- 1977: Les apprentis (90 min) sur Boris Vian Sud West Funk / INA ;
- 1977: Musées de France 2 spots publicitaires de 90 s Franco American Films ;
- 1977: Les Apprentis 16 mm double bande de 1 h 20. Musique de Luc Ferrari ;
- 1978: Schubert (60 min) avec Christa Ludwig et Hermann Prey TV Bavaroise
- 1979: Mélodrame ce soir (58 min) Archives TV FR3 / INA
- 1980: La liberté de l'esprit' (2 x 52 min) sur la Renaissance Agence française d'Images
- 1989-1991: L’ Anthropographe, néologisme pour une série de huit 55 minutes (La Chesnaie Films- La S.E.P.T.-Arte, unité de production audiovisuelle Thierry Garel) au format Beta sur ce qui pourrait dessiner les limites de l’homme (la mort, le deuil, la perte, la maladie, la souffrance…). L’Anthropographe tend à montrer, à travers divers aspects de la vie quotidienne, « comment intervient l’imaginaire dans les existences d’aujourd’hui » ;
- 1986: Solitudes (La Chesnaie Films- La S.E.P.T.-Arte) avec les pensionnaires de la clinique psychiatrique de la Chesnaie (Chailles 41). 2 fois primé au Festival du Cinéma du Réel ;
- 1986: Médiums 55 min (La S.E.P.T.-Arte) avec M.-C Pouchelle du CNRS. L'univers des médiums et le rapport avec le public consultant ;
- 1987: Dialogue secret (La S.E.P.T.-Arte). La parole intérieure chez quelques-uns de nos contemporains ;
- 1987: Arte Maga (La S.E.P.T.-Arte) avec L. Désidéri. Actualité du mythe en Corse et pratiques magiques ;
- 1988: Le petit chat est mort (La Chesnaie Films-La S.E.P.T.-Arte) avec C. Pétonnet. Signification de la mort des animaux domestiques en milieu urbain ;
- 1989: Le commerce amoureux» (La S.E.P.T.-Arte). L'univers des agences matrimoniales et de ses « clients »" ;
- 1989: Cancer (La S.E.P.T.-Arte) avec J.-P. Hélary. Paroles de malades dans le service d'oncologie du Pr Schraub, à l'hôpital de Besançon ;
- 1990: La saison du brâme (La S.E.P.T.-Arte) avec B. Hell. Chasse au cerf en solitaire dans les Vosges et transmission du savoir cynégétique.