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{{Short description|Canadian film director and screenwriter}}
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| occupation = [[Film director]]<br>[[Film producer]]<br>[[Screenwriter]]
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'''Pierre Patry''' (2 November 1933 – 7 June 2014) was a Canadian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/pierre-patry |title=Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Pierre Patry |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515214715/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/pierre-patry |archivedate=2012-05-15 }}</ref>
'''Pierre Patry''' (November 2, 1933 – June 7, 2014) was a Canadian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref name=cfe>{{cite web |url=https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/pierre-patry |title=Pierre Patry |website=Canadian Film Encyclopedia|author=Tom McSorley|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515214715/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/pierre-patry |archivedate=2012-05-15 }}</ref>


==Biography==
==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 [[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 (film)|Trouble-Maker]] (Trouble fête)'' in 1964.
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 (film)|Trouble-Maker]] (Trouble fête)'' in 1964.<ref name=cfe/>


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.
He left the NFB in 1963 to co-found the film cooperative Coopératio with [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] and [[Jean-Claude Lord]].<ref name=cfe/> 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]].
In 1981 he was a major player in the development of the French language educational television station [[Canal Savoir]].

Revision as of 15:42, 25 June 2022

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)
Occupation(s)Film director, Film producer, screenwriter
Years active1950s-1980s

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

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 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.[2]

Filmography

As Director

Fiction

  • Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine - 1962, short
  • Françoise (Il y eut un soir... il y eut un matin) - 1964, short (re-released as part of the 1964 anthology film Trois Femmes)
  • Trouble-Maker (Trouble fête) - 1964
  • Caïn (Les Marcheurs de la nuit) - 1965
  • Rope Around the Neck (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

References

  1. ^ a b c Tom McSorley. "Pierre Patry". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2012-05-15.
  2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond (June 12, 2014). "Le cinéaste et producteur Pierre Patry est décédé". Films du Québec.