Pierre Patry

Pierre Patry (2 November 1933 – 7 June 2014) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1]

Pierre Patry
Pierre Patry in his home at Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Quebec. Winter 2012
Born(1933-11-02)November 2, 1933
Hull, Quebec, Canada
DiedJune 7, 2014(2014-06-07) (aged 80)
OccupationFilm director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active1958 - 1968

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

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-Maker (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)
  • Ghosts of a River (Trois 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
  1. "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Pierre Patry". Archived from the original on 2012-05-15.
  2. Par : Charles-Henri Ramond (2014-04-03). "Le cinéaste et producteur Pierre Patry est décédé". Filmsquebec.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.


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