Pierre Patry
Encyclopedia
Pierre Patry is a Canadian film director
and screenwriter
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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.
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 screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
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Biography
Pierre Patry began his career in the theatre as an actor and a playwright and is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Amateur Theatre. He joined the NFBNational Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
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.
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 PerronClément PerronClément Perron was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.-Biography:...
, 1961) - Loisirs (Short film Co-Directed with Clément PerronClément PerronClément Perron was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.-Biography:...
, 1962) - Petit discours de la méthode (Short film Co-Directed with Claude JutraClaude JutraClaude Jutra was a Canadian actor, film director and writer. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec....
, 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)