Patrice Chéreau

Birthday: November 2nd, 1944 Date of Death: October 7th, 2013 Place of Birth: Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France

Patrice Chéreau (November 2, 1944 – October 7, 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for his staging of the Jahrhundertring, the centenary Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976.