Pierre Patry
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Pierre Patry in his home at Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Quebec. Winter 2012
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| Born |
November 2, 1933 Hull, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 7, 2014 (aged 80) |
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Film director Film producer Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1958 - 1968 |
Pierre Patry (2 November 1933 – 7 June 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 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.
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