Pierre Patry
Born: 1933-11-02 in Hull, Québec, Canada
Died: 2014-06-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
Pierre Patry (November 2, 1933 – June 7, 2014) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. 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 National Film Board of Canada 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-Maker (Trouble fête) in 1964.[1] He left the NFB in 1963 to co-found the film cooperative Coopératio with Roger Blais and Jean-Claude Lord.[1] Unfortunately, the company shut down after five years because of systemic problems in the financing and distribution of feature films. In 1981 he was a major player in the development of the French language educational television station Canal Savoir. Patri died on June 7, 2014.
Filmography
2009
- From Office to Box-Office as Pierre Patry
1968
- Poussière sur la ville ... (Producer)
- A Great Big Thing ... (Producer)
1965
- Caïn - Les marcheurs de la nuit ... (Director)
- Rope Around the Neck ... (Director)
1964
- Troublemaker ... (Director)
- Three Women ... (Director)
- Francoise (There Was One Evening ... There Was One Morning) ... (Director)
1962
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine ... (Director)
1959
- Germaine Guèvremont, romancière ... (Director)
- The Little Sisters ... (Director)