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Gérard Patris (1931–1990) was a French
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who died in a car accident in 1990 in Chailles. His works include the documentary film
Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life ''Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life'' () is a 1969 documentary about the Polish-American pianist Arthur Rubinstein. The film won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was also screened at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival The ...
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Biography

After high school in
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, Gérard Patris joined an art school in Paris. Early in his career, Patris founded a lithography workshop, which allowed him to meet many of the major artists of the post-war period for the acquisition of prints, such as Dubuffet, Sprockets, Manessier, Sonderborg, Arman, Hayter, Hartung, and Matta. Gérard Patris had two daughters from different partners. The late muse of
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, Sylvette David (now in her 70s and known as Lydia Corbett, see Sylvette), and Marie-Claire Schaeffer, his first wife, were the two mothers. Marie-Claire Schaeffer is the daughter of composer
Pierre Schaeffer Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His inno ...
, often presented as the father of
music concrete Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...
. This meeting enabled him to participate in the ORTF's research service to create relationships between sound, text, and image, under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer. 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, and sculpture made up the core of his filmography.


Filmography

*1962 : ''Caustiques'' (8 min); *1966: ''Spontané III'' de
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. 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 Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...
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Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenberg's '' Pierrot Lunaire'', follow ...
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). 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 Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...
, à l'occasion de la création de l'œuvre dans la cathédrale de
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, en présence du Général de Gaulle ; **1966: ''Hommage à Varèse'', portrait-souvenir dans lequel plusieurs autres compositeurs contemporains apportent leurs précieux témoignages ; **1966: ''Momente'' avec
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. 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 ; *1966: ''De l'autre côté du chemin de fer (sur
Cecil Taylor Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in comple ...
'' 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 ''Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life'' () is a 1969 documentary about the Polish-American pianist Arthur Rubinstein. The film won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was also screened at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival The ...
'' (''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,
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avait suivi
Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein Order of the British Empire, KBE OMRI (; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.
de longs mois. Le vénérable pianiste avait « adopté » le cinéaste, le critique
Bernard Gavoty Bernard Georges-Marie Gavoty (2 April 1908 – 24 October 1981) was a 20th-century French organist, musicologist, music critic and talk show host. Biography Bernard Gavoty was born in 1908 to Raymond Gavoty (a deputy of the Var department; 11 Ma ...
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) directed by
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where 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
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(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.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patris, Gerard French film directors French television directors 1931 births 1990 deaths Road incident deaths in France